The INTERVAL trial to determine whether intervals between blood donations can be safely and acceptably decreased to optimise blood supply: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Moore, Carmel ^a   Sambrook, Jennifer ^b   Walker, Matthew ^a   Tolkien, Zoe ^a   Kaptoge, Stephen ^a   Allen, David ^c   Mehenny, Susan ^d   Mant, Jonathan ^a   Angelantonio, Emanuele D ^a   Thompson, Simon G ^a   Ouwehand, Willem ^b,d   Roberts, David J ^c,e   Danesh, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Donation frequency; Donor well being; Randomised controlled trial; Whole blood donation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR ATTITUDE; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM HEALTH SURVEY; VASCULARIZATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH STATUS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DONOR SELECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84908142915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-363     Document Type: Article

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