Blood Donation and Subjective Well-being

• Sponsor: Guangzhou Blood Center (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT05213130
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 626
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Actual Duration (Months): 1.9
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 334.3

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Studies have suggested a positive relationship between prosociality and well-being. attempt to analyze the relationship between blood donation and subjective well-being, and try to figure out the moderators and mediators. Also, the investigators would like to compare difference of subjective well-being between donors who are explicitly presented with information that the participants' blood has saved patient's life and those who are not.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Blood Donation; Happiness	Other: Information	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 626 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single (Participant)
• Primary Purpose: Other
• Official Title: The Relationship Between Blood Donation and Subjective Well-being
• Actual Study Start Date: Jan 18, 2022
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Mar 12, 2022
• Actual Study Completion Date: Mar 16, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Information group In this group, blood donors will receive a questionnaire 15-25 days after their blood donation, i.e., after their blood has been sent to the hospital and be transfused by patients. The questionnaire contains items measuring empathy, altruism, subjective well-being, etc., as well as a clear reminder to inform donors that their blood has saved patient's life.	Other: Information; A reminder to inform donors that their blood has saved patient's life in a questionnaire.
No Intervention: Non-information group In this group, blood donors will receive a questionnaire 15-25 days after their blood donation, i.e., after their blood has been sent to the hospital and be transfused by patients. The questionnaire contains items measuring empathy, altruism, subjective well-being, etc., but there will be no reminder to inform donors that their blood has saved patient's life.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. The scores of the subjective well-being in the questionnaire [1 day]

   Donors' self-rated average scores of the subjective well-being items, the higher score the better outcome.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 60 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Whole blood donors with negative serological results.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Whole blood donors with positive or suspicious serological results.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Guangzhou Blood Center	Guangzhou	Guangdong	China	510095

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Guangzhou Blood Center

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: OUYANG Jian, Senior Investigator, Guangzhou Blood Center
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05213130
• Other Study ID Numbers: Blood donation and well-being
• First Posted: Jan 28, 2022
• Last Update Posted: Mar 31, 2022
• Last Verified: Mar 1, 2022

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 31, 2022