Blood donor motivation in Singapore

75 first time donors were interviewed in detail at their first presentation at the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service. In addition they were asked to complete forms which elicited the motivating factors behind donating blood as well as the Crown Crisp Experiential Index. The results of this study show that the main motivating factor in these donors was that of an altruistic and humanitarian desire to help people. A high proportion (2/3) had some previous personal or familial contacts with the blood service. It also reports these donors as being more social and emotional people. These findings correlate with other studies and have implications for setting up blood donor recruitment programmes.