Awareness, Motivation, and Fear towards Canine Blood Donation—A Survey of Dog Owners in Lithuania

The recruitment of canine blood donors remains a challenge, especially in countries where blood donation and veterinary medicine are still emerging medical fields. There are few previous studies that have discussed canine blood donation strategies, and the subject of fear and its influencing factors...

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Autores principales:	Brigita Zakarevičiūtė, Dalia Juodžentė, Birutė Karvelienė, Vita Riškevičienė
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	human–dog interaction canine blood donation animal welfare dog canine pet Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cc7a6a07c0e0474d8b6a732cfe336ad42021-11-25T16:19:34ZAwareness, Motivation, and Fear towards Canine Blood Donation—A Survey of Dog Owners in Lithuania10.3390/ani111132292076-2615https://doaj.org/article/cc7a6a07c0e0474d8b6a732cfe336ad42021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/11/3229https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615The recruitment of canine blood donors remains a challenge, especially in countries where blood donation and veterinary medicine are still emerging medical fields. There are few previous studies that have discussed canine blood donation strategies, and the subject of fear and its influencing factors have not been investigated. The main purpose of our study was to investigate dog owners’ awareness, motivation, and fear regarding canine blood donation in order to improve donor recruitment strategies. We created a six-page questionnaire and submitted it to dog owners (<i>n</i> = 207) in person. Two-thirds of the respondents (65.7%) were not aware that canine blood donation exists in Lithuania. We did not find any factors that would significantly affect the motivation of respondents toward donation. We found an association between the fear of the owner and the health status of the owned dog (<i>p</i> = 0.008), as well as if their animal had needed urgent care in the past (<i>p</i> = 0.031). The fact that some participants were blood donors themselves did not affect their motivation, but they were 19.76% less afraid of canine blood donation (<i>p</i> = 0.001), as were respondents who were aware of canine blood donation (<i>p</i> = 0.004). In conclusion, the recruitment strategy should focus on the management of fear toward canine blood donation and the education of clients, and donor welfare must remain a priority.Brigita ZakarevičiūtėDalia JuodžentėBirutė KarvelienėVita RiškevičienėMDPI AGarticlehuman–dog interactioncanine blood donationanimal welfaredogcaninepetVeterinary medicineSF600-1100ZoologyQL1-991ENAnimals, Vol 11, Iss 3229, p 3229 (2021)
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topic	human–dog interaction canine blood donation animal welfare dog canine pet Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
spellingShingle	human–dog interaction canine blood donation animal welfare dog canine pet Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991 Brigita Zakarevičiūtė Dalia Juodžentė Birutė Karvelienė Vita Riškevičienė Awareness, Motivation, and Fear towards Canine Blood Donation—A Survey of Dog Owners in Lithuania
description	The recruitment of canine blood donors remains a challenge, especially in countries where blood donation and veterinary medicine are still emerging medical fields. There are few previous studies that have discussed canine blood donation strategies, and the subject of fear and its influencing factors have not been investigated. The main purpose of our study was to investigate dog owners’ awareness, motivation, and fear regarding canine blood donation in order to improve donor recruitment strategies. We created a six-page questionnaire and submitted it to dog owners (<i>n</i> = 207) in person. Two-thirds of the respondents (65.7%) were not aware that canine blood donation exists in Lithuania. We did not find any factors that would significantly affect the motivation of respondents toward donation. We found an association between the fear of the owner and the health status of the owned dog (<i>p</i> = 0.008), as well as if their animal had needed urgent care in the past (<i>p</i> = 0.031). The fact that some participants were blood donors themselves did not affect their motivation, but they were 19.76% less afraid of canine blood donation (<i>p</i> = 0.001), as were respondents who were aware of canine blood donation (<i>p</i> = 0.004). In conclusion, the recruitment strategy should focus on the management of fear toward canine blood donation and the education of clients, and donor welfare must remain a priority.
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author	Brigita Zakarevičiūtė Dalia Juodžentė Birutė Karvelienė Vita Riškevičienė
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title	Awareness, Motivation, and Fear towards Canine Blood Donation—A Survey of Dog Owners in Lithuania
title_short	Awareness, Motivation, and Fear towards Canine Blood Donation—A Survey of Dog Owners in Lithuania
title_full	Awareness, Motivation, and Fear towards Canine Blood Donation—A Survey of Dog Owners in Lithuania
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Awareness, Motivation, and Fear towards Canine Blood Donation—A Survey of Dog Owners in Lithuania

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