Docudrama for Blood Donation in Ghana (DDID)

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Blood Donation

Treatments: Behavioral: Control; Behavioral: Docudrama

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT07093307

B11

4UH3HL151599-03 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

A cluster pilot RCT to evaluate the effectiveness of the docudrama compared to a control group (usual engagement with blood services) on repeat blood donation attempts among first-time blood donors. Secondary outcomes will be blood donor retention, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control and intention as potential mediators of blood donation behavior among first-time blood donors. The cluster pilot RCT will have two arms: 1) docudrama and 2) control. Randomization will stratify by the type of site: mobile versus fixed. Each participant in the docudrama arm will receive the intervention one time immediately after blood donation. Participants in both the docudrama arm and control arm will receive standard blood donor communications and will be followed for six months. Actualized blood donation is possible every four months using NBSG guidelines; however, blood donation sessions may not occur at the blood donation sites until six months. Return blood donation attempts will be evaluated using the Southern Zonal Blood Center (SZBC) records (primary outcome) and participant self-report (secondary outcome) at six months. Secondary measures will be evaluated at baseline and six months from enrollment. The duration of the study will be 11 months, allowing for five months to achieve enrollment goals and six months of follow-up for the last individual enrolled.

Enrollment: 180 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• At least 18 years-old
• First-time whole blood donor with the SZBC of the NBSG
• Eligible to donate again at the time of eligibility confirmation
• Consent to participate
• Has a valid contact phone number or access to a valid contact phone number
• Understands one of English, Twi, or Ga
• Be willing to watch a docudrama on blood donation

Exclusion criteria

• History of more than one lifetime whole blood donation (with any blood center)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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180 participants in 2 patient groups

Docudrama

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Docudrama

Control

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control