March 4, 2022 Dataset Open Access

Veseli, Besarta; Sandner, Sabrina; Studte, Sinika; Clement, Michel

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  <dc:creator>Veseli, Besarta</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Sandner, Sabrina</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Studte, Sinika</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Clement, Michel</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2022-03-04</dc:date>
  <dc:description>During a crisis, society calls for individuals to take prosocial actions that promote crisis management. Indeed, individuals show higher willingness to help after a disaster. However, the COVID-19 pandemic presents significant differences as it is an ongoing crisis that affects all individuals and has the potential to pose a direct health threat to anyone. Therefore, we propose that the pandemic may also negatively affect willingness to help, specifically blood donation intentions. It requires a high level of willingness to donate blood beyond the crisis outbreak, as more blood will be needed when postponed surgeries resume. When comparing blood donation intentions from a pre-pandemic study to results from a six-wave (bi-weekly) panel study conducted in Germany during the first pandemic phase (April to June 2020), we find lower medium and long-term blood donation intentions. While active donors show increased awareness of ability and eligibility to donate at the beginning of the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic, they feel significantly less able to donate as the pandemic progresses. Furthermore, inactive donors’ perceived ability to donate significantly decreases in the pandemic phase compared to the pre-pandemic phase. Crucially, both active and inactive donors feel less responsible and less morally obliged to donate, resulting in an overall negative pandemic effect on blood donation intentions. The COVID-19 pandemic compromises blood donations endangering the life-saving blood supply. These alarming results offer evidence-based grounds for practical implications for driving donations in the event of a pandemic.</dc:description>
  <dc:identifier>https://www.fdr.uni-hamburg.de/record/10088</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>10.25592/uhhfdm.10088</dc:identifier>
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  <dc:relation>doi:10.25592/uhhfdm.10087</dc:relation>
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  <dc:title>The impact of COVID-19 on blood donations</dc:title>
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