Motivational stimuli to donate sperm among non-donor students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sperm banks face a continuously evolving gap between the increasing demand for sperm donation (SD) vs. limited available reserve. To improve donors' recruitment and increase supply, motivations towards SD should be investigated specifically among young men who have the potential to become donors. Our aim was to evaluate factors which increase and decrease predisposition to donate sperm among non-donor students, who represent a "potential pool" for possible donors' recruitment.

Results

Ninety-three men fulfilled the questionnaire with mean age of 28.2 ± 4.5 years. The most powerful incentive to donate sperm was financial reward followed by a willingness to help others to build a family (3.8 and 3.4, respectively). The most dominant consideration to decline donation

SUBMITTER: Ronen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10580632 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature