Table 5.
12 months post-donation comparison of marrow and PBSC donors.
| Study Variable | Marrow (n=137) |
PBSC (n=151) |
Test Statistic (t or odds ratio) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Status | ||||
| Overall physical status | ||||
| SF-8 physical health (mean, sd) (29-68)† | 63.95 (6.41) | 65.21 (3.91) | -2.03 | .043* |
| Current physical symptoms | ||||
| % tiredness | 53 | 56 | 1.16 (0.73-1.85) | 0.525 |
| % muscle aches | 25 | 22 | 0.85 (0.49-1.46) | 0.552 |
| % problems sleeping | 19 | 21 | 1.15 (0.64-2.05) | 0.640 |
| % bone pain | 12 | 9 | 0.72 (0.34-1.53) | 0.391 |
| % light headedness | 4 | 7 | 1.87 (0.62-5.62) | 0.257 |
| % pain where needles inserted | 5 | 0 | 0.99 (0.96-1.01) | 0.742 |
| % difficulty walking | 11 | 5 | 0.46 (0.19-1.11) | 0.077 |
| % bleeding | 2 | 0 | 0.47 (0.42-0.53) | 0.136 |
| % nausea or vomiting | 4 | 4 | 1.09 (0.33-3.66) | 0.886 |
| % infection | 4 | 3 | 0.90 (0.26-3.19) | 0.876 |
| % chills | 2 | 2 | 0.91 (0.18-4.56) | 0.904 |
| % fainting | 1 | 0 | 0.48 (0.42-0.54) | 0.293 |
| Current pain | ||||
| pain index (mean, sd) (0-10) | 0.97 (1.72) | 0.88 (1.40) | 0.48 | 0.632 |
| average pain (mean, sd) (0-10) | 0.86 (1.60) | 0.84 (1.43) | 0.11 | 0.910 |
| worst pain (mean, sd) (0-10) | 1.24 (2.08) | 1.28 (2.01) | -0.18 | 0.855 |
| time with pain (mean, sd) (0-10) | 1.19 (2.12) | 1.01 (1.72) | 0.81 | 0.420 |
| interfered with sleep (mean, sd) (0-10) | 0.59 (1.64) | 0.40 (1.16) | 1.17 | 0.245 |
| Psychological Status | ||||
| Overall psychological status | ||||
| SF-8 mental health (mean, sd) (28-69) | 64.94 (6.16) | 64.86 (6.18) | 0.11 | 0.916 |
| Profile of mood states (POMS) | ||||
| depression (mean, sd) (0-4) | 0.11 (0.28) | 0.11 (0.29) | 0.11 | 0.912 |
| vitality (mean, sd) (0-4) | 2.19 (0.99) | 2.19 (0.86) | 0.02 | 0.986 |
| confusion (mean, sd) (0-4) | 0.28 (0.40) | 0.25 (0.39) | 0.61 | 0.545 |
| tension (mean, sd) (0-4) | 0.36 (0.45) | 0.34 (0.48) | 0.22 | 0.828 |
| anger (mean, sd) (0-4) | 0.19 (0.32) | 0.18 (0.36) | 0.40 | 0.691 |
| fatigue (mean, sd) (0-4) | 0.51 (0.71) | 0.55 (0.71) | -0.45 | 0.657 |
| total distress (mean, sd) (0-24) | 3.26 (2.38) | 3.24 (2.27) | 0.08 | 0.940 |
| Donation-related | ||||
| Donation experience | ||||
| % donation physically stressful | 66 | 68 | 1.05 (0.64-1.72) | 0.839 |
| % donation emotionally stressful | 60 | 58 | 0.94 (0.59-1.50) | 0.786 |
| Health concerns | ||||
| % worry about longer-term health impact of donation | 43 | 50 | 1.30 (0.82-2.08) | 0.264 |
| % worry will never feel physically 100% again | 17 | 10 | 0.55 (0.27-1.10) | 0.086 |
| Satisfaction with donation decision | ||||
| % extremely satisfied with decision | 91 | 91 | 1.03 (0.45-2.34) | 0.949 |
| % would definitely donate again | 88 | 85 | 0.74 (0.37-1.46) | 0.379 |
| % would strongly encourage others | 79 | 82 | 1.23 (0.69-2.21) | 0.481 |
| % feel a lot like a better person | 72 | 71 | 0.94 (0.56-1.58) | 0.823 |
| % feel very proud | 66 | 58 | 0.71 (0.44-1.14) | 0.155 |
| % made life much more meaningful | 31 | 29 | 0.93 (0.56-1.54) | 0.779 |
| Recipient-related | ||||
| % know health status of recipient | 43 | 40 | 1.14 (.71-1.82) | 0.598 |
| % think about recipient ≥ once/day | 10 | 11 | 1.05 (0.49-2.24) | 0.901 |
| % have special bond with recipient | 78 | 77 | 0.96 (0.55-1.67) | 0.876 |
| % very/pretty worried about recipient | 34 | 26 | 0.69 (0.41-1.16) | 0.160 |
| Recovery | ||||
| % recovered at 12 months | 87 | 87 | 0.95 (0.50-1.82) | 0.876 |
*
p ≤ .05;
**
p ≤ .01;
***
p ≤ .001
†
response range