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Fulltext Development and Validation of a Malaysian Blood Donor's Satisfaction Questionnaire

Tan PP, Chang CT, Abdul Rahman J, Mohd Noor S

Malays J Med Sci, 2021 Jun;28(3):86-96.
PMID: 34285647 DOI: 10.21315/mjms2021.28.3.8

Objective: To develop and validate a questionnaire which evaluates the blood donors' satisfaction.
Background: In Malaysia, blood procurement relies mainly on voluntary non-remunerated donors. Hence, it is important to ensure the satisfaction of the blood donors in order to increase retention.
Methods: This study was conducted among blood donors who attended blood donation and understood the Malay language. Non-Malaysian and illiterate donors were excluded. The questionnaire was developed by the transfusion medicine team. Content validity was established by content reviewers, while face validity was examined in the cognitive debriefing stage. For the 18-item questionnaire, 90 respondents were required based on the 1:5 ratio. A retest was performed in two weeks' time.
Results: One hundred and thirty-seven participants responded in the first phase, while 103 responded after two weeks. The five domains were: technical, interpersonal, accessibility/ convenience, physical experience and overall satisfaction. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) value was 0.896, with significant Bartlett's Test of Sphericity (P < 0.001). The factor loadings ranged from 0.729 to 0.953. The Cronbach alpha values of the five domains ranged from 0.814 to 0.955 and the intraclass correlation coefficient ranged from 0.663 to 0.847.
Conclusion: The Malaysian blood donor's satisfaction (M-BDS) questionnaire is a reliable and valid tool suitable for the assessment of blood donor's satisfaction in blood donation centres.
Fulltext A case of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis successfully removed via endoscopic argon plasma coagulation (APC) with no evidence of recurrence

Wong JL, Tie ST, Lee J, Kannan SK, Rashid Ali MR, Ibrahim A, et al.

Med J Malaysia, 2014 Aug;69(4):195-6.
PMID: 25500852 MyJurnal

Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a benign disease caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV), characterized by the formation of recurrent, epithelial neoplastic lesions in the airways. While benign, they can cause significant airway obstruction in some cases. Difficulties in treatment arise from the recurrent nature of the lesions despite repeated procedures. Other known procedures that result in deep tissue damage also cause unacceptable collateral damage to the underlying airway mucosa. We describe a case of recurrent papillomatosis that was successfully treated with argon plasma coagulation ( APC) when laser and electrocautery ablation had failed in the past. After the papillomatasis was treated with APC, there is no recurrence on repeat scope at 4 months and 9 months after the initial procedure. The procedure was done as a day case and there is no complication from the procedure. The property of the APC that allows it to cause only superficial thermal damage to the tissue makes it a suitable adjunct therapy to the treatment of papillomas, which are usually superficial lesions.
Fulltext Implementation of maximum surgical blood ordering schedule in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia during COVID-19 pandemic

Tan PP, Abdul Rahman J, Mat Noh S, Mohd Yasin I, Mohd Noor S

Transfus Apher Sci, 2021 Dec;60(6):103280.
PMID: 34593332 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2021.103280
Fulltext Song for Blood Donor's Recruitment and Promotion during COVID-19 Pandemic

Tan PP, Abdul Rahman J, Sarah MN, Mohamad Azlin SAA, Zambree N, Mohd Noor S

Malays J Med Sci, 2022 Dec;29(6):170-172.
PMID: 36818896 DOI: 10.21315/mjms2022.29.6.17

Songs are commonly used in educational public health programmes to facilitate the understanding of health messages. During the COVID-19 pandemic, national blood banks witnessed a pronounced reduction in blood donors. Thus, we created a song with the title 'Keep the World Beating' to raise awareness of the need for blood and to promote blood donation. To maximise participation, we carried out a live broadcast of the donation process and the music video on social media, increasing visibility and accessibility to the event. The number of donations increased in the month after the song was released. Songs can be used to strengthen current entertainment-education strategies promoting blood donation and to increase the level of awareness among the local population, thus motivating people to donate blood in a time of need.