{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,21]],"date-time":"2026-03-21T07:09:45Z","timestamp":1774076985761,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":11,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"7","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,8]],"date-time":"2024-04-08T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1712534400000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Vox Sanguinis"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,7]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Background and Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>In the Netherlands, as of April 2018, the upper age limit for blood donation has been raised from 69 to 79\u2009years, providing an opportunity to study older donors' perspectives regarding donating at older age. This study aims to explore whether older donors agree with the increase of the age limit, if they feel obliged to continue donating, to identify their motivators and barriers for donating blood and describe donation\u2010related experiences and complications.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>An online survey was distributed among Dutch blood donors aged 68\u201373\u2009years. The survey contained questions regarding the increase of the upper age limit, motivations and barriers for donating, donation\u2010related experiences and obligatory feelings to continue donating.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Six hundred sixty donors (55%) were included in the analyses, including 38 stopped donors. Most donors (92%) agreed with the increase of the upper age limit. Approximately 63% of participating donors felt obliged to continue donating, especially women with high education. Donors indicated they felt healthy enough to keep donating (95%), and 72% thought it is good for their health to keep donating. Few donors reported that they found it hard to keep donating (5%) or indicated that they did not feel healthy enough to donate or thought it was not safe for them anymore (3.4%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Most of the older donors agree with the increase of the upper age limit for blood donation, report only few and minor donation\u2010related experiences or complications and are highly motivated to continue their donor career at an older age.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/vox.13629","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,8]],"date-time":"2024-04-08T08:24:10Z","timestamp":1712564650000},"page":"648-655","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Increasing the upper age limit for blood donation: Perspectives from older donors"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"119","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5733-9254","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Franke A.","family":"Quee","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Donor Medicine Research Sanquin Research  Amsterdam The Netherlands"},{"name":"Department of Public and Occupational Health Amsterdam UMC  Amsterdam The Netherlands"},{"name":"Department of Public Health Amsterdam Public Health (APH) Research Institute, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam UMC  Amsterdam The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Asghar Zeinali","family":"Lathori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Donor Medicine Sanquin Blood Bank  Amsterdam The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Berdine","family":"Sijtsma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Donor Medicine Sanquin Blood Bank  Amsterdam The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sanne","family":"Bruijns","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Donor Medicine Sanquin Blood Bank  Amsterdam The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3241-6003","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Katja","family":"van den Hurk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Donor Medicine Research Sanquin Research  Amsterdam The Netherlands"},{"name":"Department of Public and Occupational Health Amsterdam UMC  Amsterdam The Netherlands"},{"name":"Department of Public Health Amsterdam Public Health (APH) Research Institute, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam UMC  Amsterdam The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/trf.15132"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/trf.14307"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/trf.15237"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/voxs.12634"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_6_1","unstructured":"European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare.Guide to the preparation use and quality assurance of blood components. 21st edition.2023. Available from:https:\/\/www.edqm.eu\/en\/blood-guide. Last accessed 26 Mar 2024."},{"key":"e_1_2_9_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/vox.12323"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/trf.15551"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/vox.13547"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1423-0410.2011.01492.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"PaalvastY D\u00edaz PadillaN BruijnsS Wiersum\u2010OsseltonJ MolenaarT.Donor complication rates in whole blood plasma and platelet donors: age versus experience.Transfusion.2024https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/trf.17759","DOI":"10.1111\/trf.17759"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1537-2995.2003.00368.x"}],"container-title":["Vox Sanguinis"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/vox.13629","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,10]],"date-time":"2024-07-10T06:42:37Z","timestamp":1720593757000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/vox.13629"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,8]]},"references-count":11,"journal-issue":{"issue":"7","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,7]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1111\/vox.13629"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/vox.13629","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0042-9007","1423-0410"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0042-9007","type":"print"},{"value":"1423-0410","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,8]]}}}