Table 2.
Summary of survey responses by willingness to become a stool donor.
| Highly willing to be a stool donor |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median survey response and interquartile range (Likert scale of 1–10) | No (n = 330) | Yes (n = 448) | P value | |
| Attitude toward FMT | ||||
| Previous knowledge about FMT and how it could help patients | 8.0 (4.0–9.0) | 7.0 (2.0–9.0) | 8.0 (5.0–10.0) | <0.001 |
| Positive attitude toward FMT | 9.0 (8.0–10.0) | 8.0 (6.0–9.0) | 10.0 (8.0–10.0) | <0.001 |
| Collection of my own stool is unpleasant | 5.0 (3.0–8.0) | 7.0 (5.0–8.0) | 4.0 (2.0–7.0) | <0.001 |
| Time commitment | ||||
| Having to see a doctor to review my medical history and undergo a physical examination is invasive | 2.0 (1.0–4.0) | 3.0 (2.0–5.0) | 2.0 (1.0–4.0) | <0.001 |
| Having to do blood/stool tests every 4 months is a reasonable commitment | 7.0 (5.0–8.0) | 6.0 (5.0–8.0) | 8.0 (6.0–9.0) | <0.001 |
| Becoming a stool donor would be a large commitment for me to make if I have to | ||||
| Donate twice a week | 8.0 (6.0–10.0) | 9.0 (7.0–10.0) | 8.0 (6.0–9.0) | <0.001 |
| Donate once a week | 7.0 (5.0–9.0) | 7.0 (6.0–9.0) | 6.0 (4.0–8.0) | <0.001 |
| Donate every 2 weeks | 5.0 (3.0–7.0) | 6.0 (4.0–8.0) | 4.0 (2.0–6.0) | <0.001 |
| Donate every month | 3.0 (1.0–5.0) | 4.0 (3.0–6.0) | 2.0 (1.0–4.0) | <0.001 |
| Economic compensation | ||||
| Economic compensation is fair to blood donors | 5.0 (2.0–7.0) | 5.0 (3.0–7.0) | 5.0 (2.0–7.0) | 0.038 |
| Economic compensation is fair to stool donors | 5.0 (3.0–7.0) | 5.0 (3.0–7.0) | 5.0 (2.0–7.0) | 0.013 |
| More likely to become a stool donor if economic compensation is offered | 7.0 (3.0–9.0) | 7.0 (4.0–8.0) | 7.0 (3.0–9.0) | 0.92 |
| Would consider being a stool donor | ||||
| If there is no economic compensation | 6.0 (5.0–8.0) | 5.0 (4.0–6.0) | 7.0 (6.0–9.0) | <0.001 |
| For $5–10 per donation | 5.0 (3.0–7.0) | 5.0 (2.0–6.0) | 6.0 (4.0–8.0) | <0.001 |
| For $10.01–20 per donation | 6.0 (4.0–8.0) | 5.0 (3.0–7.0) | 7.0 (5.0–9.0) | <0.001 |
| For $20.01–30 per donation | 7.0 (5.0–9.0) | 7.0 (4.0–8.0) | 8.0 (5.0–10.0) | <0.001 |
| For $40 per donation | 8.5 (5.0–10.0) | 8.0 (5.0–10.0) | 9.0 (6.0–10.0) | <0.001 |
| Opinion in terms of a fair amount for each stool donation | Number of participants (total n = 778) | <0.001 | ||
| $0 | 178 (28.1%) | 60 (21.8%) | 118 (33.0%) | |
| $1–10 | 91 (14.4%) | 27 (9.8%) | 64 (17.9%) | |
| $11–20 | 136 (21.5%) | 52 (18.9%) | 84 (23.5%) | |
| $21–30 | 85 (13.4%) | 45 (16.4%) | 40 (11.2%) | |
| $31–40 | 84 (13.3%) | 53 (19.3%) | 31 (8.7%) | |
| $40+ | 59 (9.3%) | 38 (13.8%) | 21 (5.9%) | |
| Motivations for donating | ||||
| Primary reason for stool donation if choosing to become a donor | Number of participants (total n = 778) | <0.001 | ||
| Purely altruistic | 323 (41.6%) | 103 (31.3%) | 220 (49.1%) | |
| Mostly altruistic, but also economic | 272 (35.0%) | 120 (36.5%) | 152 (33.9%) | |
| Equally altruistic and economic | 133 (17.1%) | 77 (23.4%) | 56 (12.5%) | |
| Mostly economic, but also altruistic | 40 (5.1%) | 23 (7.0%) | 17 (3.8%) | |
| Purely economic | 9 (1.2%) | 6 (1.8%) | 3 (0.7%) | |
| Median survey response and interquartile range (Likert scale of 1–10) | ||||
| Helping others is more important to me than any inconvenience being a stool donor may impose | 7.0 (5.0–9.0) | 6.0 (5.0–7.0) | 8.0 (6.0–9.0) | <0.001 |
| Would like to know how my donations are helping patients requiring FMT | 8.0 (7.0–10.0) | 8.0 (6.0–9.0) | 9.0 (7.0–10.0) | <0.001 |
| Donor status | ||||
| Would be willing to receive FMT if becoming sick | 9.0 (7.0–10.0) | 7.0 (5.0–9.0) | 10.0 (8.0–10.0) | <0.001 |