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Blood donors' return rate and its related factors were investigated in a 7\u2010year follow up.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The overall return rates of blood donors indicated a significant yearly decline of 51.2%, 45.1%, 37.6%, 38.8%, 28.7%, 22.7% and 22.1% over a 7\u2010year follow up. The return rates for first\u2010time donors declined annually by 30%, 25%, 21%, 18.5%, 15.2%,12.3% and 11.8% (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009\u2264\u2009.05). Return rates were higher among male, older, low\u2010educated, Rh\u2010negative and regular donors. Blood donations for altruistic reasons and religious reasons were higher in regular and older donors (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001); donation for positive effects on their health and free access to screening tests and curiosity was higher in first\u2010time donors and females (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001). The most frequent deterrents were lack of time (42.7%), unsuitable condition (37.6%) and difficult access to donation sites (26.2%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Designing new strategies to retain donors, advertisement, appreciation methods and providing convenient conditions for donation are needed to increase the return rates, particularly in young, highly educated, female and first\u2010time donors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/tme.12647","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,28]],"date-time":"2019-11-28T09:00:45Z","timestamp":1574931645000},"page":"141-147","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Return rate in blood donors: A 7\u2010year follow up"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"30","author":[{"given":"Leila","family":"Kasraian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Blood Transfusion Research Center Higher Institute for 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