Reproductive Donors' Needs and Preferences: A Mixed-methods Systematic Review.
Elnaz Iranifard, Robab Latifnejad Roudsari, Malihe Amirian and 1 others
PMID 41185861WHAT IT FOUND
Reproductive donors wanted clear information, support, counselling, clarity about payment policies, rights over contact, and respectful care.
For clinicians, this means asking donors what they need instead of assuming donation is satisfactory.
Key findings
01Donors' needs and preferences fell into six themes: support, information, counselling, financial policies, donor rights, and preserving dignity and respect.
02Donors wanted information upfront and throughout donation about procedures, side effects, rights, contact with donor-conceived children, and the lack of long-term data.
03Donors wanted to be treated as people and reported feeling judged, used, mistreated, misled, disrespected, or uncared for by healthcare providers.
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What it does not show
Most included studies were from developed countries, so findings may not apply where donation laws, costs, or stigma differ. Only English-language studies were included, so relevant research in other languages may be missing. Some studies may have been missed by the search. Included study quality varied, with scores from 50% to 81%, and some had small samples, self-report, or recall bias.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these themes as evidence that a donor-based care programme works. The review reports donors' needs and preferences, not tested outcomes, and most included studies were from developed countries.