Table 4.
Groups identified by cluster analysis as showing distinctive patterns of responses to patient-reported donation-specific psychosocial outcomes, n=507 donors with complete data on all variables. For each psychosocial characteristic, darker shading indicates group with highest percentage or highest mean; lighter shading indicates group with lowest percentage or lowest mean
| Domain | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | Test Statistica | p |
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| Highest psychological benefit/ | High psychological benefit/ | Some psychological benefit/ | Low psychological benefit/ | Lowest psychological benefit/ | |||
| Mostly Low physical and socioeconomic concerns (n=74) | Some physical and socioeconomic concerns (n=109) | Highest physical concern/ Some socioeconomic concerns (n=158) | Mostly Low physical and socioeconomic concerns (n=109) | Some physical and socioeconomic concerns (n=57) | |||
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| No. of current physical symptoms attributed to donation, M (SD) | 2.7 (2.2) | 2.9 (2.1) | 3.3 (2.2) | 2.4 (1.9) | 2.9 (2.2) | 2.45b | .045 |
| Have current donation-related medical problems, % yes (n) | 10.8 (8) | 12.8 (14) | 17.1 (27) | 14.7 (16) | 15.8 (9) | 1.97 | .771 |
| Unable to do some physical activities as well since donation, % yes (n) | 18.9 (14) | 22.9 (25) | 23.4 (37) | 22.9 (25) | 15.8 (9) | 1.98 | .740 |
| Any health-related worries related to donation, % yes (n) | 37.8 (28) | 49.5 (54) | 57.0 (90) | 34.9 (38) | 52.6 (30) | 16.21 | .003 |
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| Emotional well-being and response to donation | |||||||
| Posttraumatic Growth Inventory score (0=low, 50=high), M (SD) | 45.7 (3.0) | 36.2 (2.7) | 25.9 (3.8) | 13.7 (3.6) | 3.2 (2.5) | 1987.81 | <.001 |
| Better Person Scale score (0=low, 10=high), M (SD) | 6.4 (2.5) | 6.2 (2.2) | 5.0 (2.3) | 4.1 (2.0) | 3.5 (2.5) | 23.02 | <.001 |
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| Socioeconomic concerns | |||||||
| Incurred costs related to donation, % yes (n) | 51.4 (38) | 55.0 (60) | 69.6 (110) | 62.4 (68) | 54.4 (31) | 10.51 | .033 |
| Donation-related costs were a burden, % yes (n) | 17.6 (13) | 15.6 (17) | 15.2 (24) | 9.2 (10) | 21.1 (12) | 4.96 | .291 |
| Have had problems getting or keeping health/life insurance since donation, % yes (n) | 10.8 (8) | 10.1 (11) | 10.1 (16) | 10.1 (11) | 19.3 (11) | 4.21 | .379 |
M, mean; SD, standard deviation
a
F test for continuous variables; x2 for dichotomous variables.
b
log transformed to normalize distribution prior to statistical test; means are presented in the original units to facilitate interpretation.