Table 4.
6 months post-donation comparison of marrow and PBSC donors.
| Study Variable | Marrow (n=141) |
PBSC (n=153) |
Test Statistic (t or odds ratio) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Status | ||||
| Overall physical status | ||||
| SF-8 physical health (mean, sd) (29-68)† | 65.18 (4.51) | 64.96 (3.85) | 0.45 | 0.651 |
| Current physical symptoms | ||||
| % tiredness | 42 | 48 | 1.30 (0.82-2.06) | 0.262 |
| % muscle aches | 24 | 20 | 0.80 (0.46-1.39) | 0.427 |
| % problems sleeping | 10 | 15 | 1.61 (0.79-3.26) | 0.187 |
| % bone pain | 9 | 5 | 0.54 (0.22-1.35) | 0.184 |
| % light headedness | 6 | 1 | 0.22 (0.05-1.06) | 0.039* |
| % pain where needles inserted | 6 | 1 | 0.12 (0.01-0.89) | 0.013* |
| % difficulty walking | 5 | 5 | 0.92 (0.31-2.69) | 0.876 |
| % bleeding | 1 | 2 | 2.80 (0.29-27.23) | 0.355 |
| % nausea or vomiting | 1 | 3 | 1.87 (0.34-10.35) | 0.469 |
| % infection | 0 | 2 | 0.52 (0.46-0.58) | 0.095 |
| % chills | 0 | 1 | 0.52 (0.47-0.58) | 0.336 |
| % fainting | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| Current pain | ||||
| pain index (mean, sd) (0-10) | 0.60 (1.38) | 0.67 (1.23) | -0.44 | 0.663 |
| average pain (mean, sd) (0-10) | 0.57 (1.38) | 0.61 (1.17) | -0.25 | 0.802 |
| worst pain (mean, sd) (0-10) | 0.87 (1.83) | 0.95 (1.64) | -0.41 | 0.685 |
| time with pain (mean, sd) (0-10) | 0.69 (1.58) | 0.82 (1.66) | -0.68 | 0.500 |
| interfered with sleep (mean, sd) (0-10) | 0.29 (1.12) | 0.31 (0.94) | -0.15 | 0.879 |
| Psychological Status | ||||
| Overall psychological status | ||||
| SF-8 mental health (mean, sd) (28-69) | 65.49 (5.81) | 65.03 (5.98) | 0.66 | 0.510 |
| Profile of mood states (POMS) | ||||
| depression (mean, sd) (0-4) | 0.10 (0.27) | 0.11 (0.25) | -0.37 | 0.716 |
| vitality (mean, sd) (0-4) | 2.16 (1.01) | 2.22 (0.98) | -0.59 | 0.555 |
| confusion (mean, sd) (0-4) | 0.26 (0.42) | 0.30 (0.80) | -0.44 | 0.660 |
| tension (mean, sd) (0-4) | 0.31 (0.45) | 0.36 (0.83) | -0.57 | 0.566 |
| anger (mean, sd) (0-4) | 0.19 (0.37) | 0.22 (0.78) | -0.42 | 0.676 |
| fatigue (mean, sd) (0-4) | 0.45 (0.63) | 0.23 (0.95) | -0.81 | 0.417 |
| total distress (mean, sd) (0-24) | 3.15 (2.24) | 3.10 (2.01) | 0.22 | 0.826 |
| Donation-related | ||||
| Donation experience | ||||
| % donation physically stressful | 74 | 75 | 1.04 (0.62-1.75) | 0.883 |
| % donation emotionally stressful | 63 | 69 | 1.28 (0.79-2.07) | 0.319 |
| Health concerns | ||||
| % worry about longer-term health impact of donation | 41 | 51 | 1.51 (0.95-2.40) | 0.81 |
| % worry will never feel physically 100% again | 14 | 9 | 0.65 (0.31-1.35) | 0.241 |
| Satisfaction with donation decision | ||||
| % extremely satisfied with decision | 92 | 88 | 0.70 (0.32-1.51) | 0.357 |
| % would defiitely donate again | 87 | 84 | 0.78 (0.40-1.51) | 0.461 |
| % would strongly encourage others | 82 | 78 | 0.79 (0.44-1.41) | 0.426 |
| % feel a lot like a better person | 75 | 75 | 0.97 (0.57-1.64) | 0.895 |
| % feel very proud | 56 | 62 | 1.27 (0.80-2.03) | 0.312 |
| % made life much more meaningful | 31 | 28 | 0.86 (0.52-1.42) | 0.561 |
| Recipient-related | ||||
| % know health status of recipient | 39 | 41 | 0.93 (0.58-1.48) | 0.756 |
| % think about recipient ≥ once/day | 16 | 14 | 0.85 (0.45-1.63) | 0.631 |
| % have special bond with recipient | 83 | 84 | 1.09 (0.59-2.03) | 0.776 |
| % very/pretty worried about recipient | 35 | 31 | 0.87 (0.53-1.41) | 0.563 |
| Recovery | ||||
| % recovered at 6 months | 81 | 82 | 1.11 (0.63-1.95) | 0.720 |
*
p ≤ .05;
**
p ≤ .01;
***
p ≤ .001
†
response range