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Table 2 Results of logistic regression analysis.

From: Losing the genetic twin: donor grief after unsuccessful unrelated stem cell transplantation

#

Question

Statement/item

Factor

pvalue

Odds ratio

99% confidence interval

1

2

Feeling well prepared prior to donation

Donor age (< 30)

0.03

2.11

0.85–5.27

2

3

Preferring phone communication

Contact (phone)

< 0.0001*

9.16

4.38–19.16

3

4

Assessing communication as sensitive

Contact (phone)

0.02

6.04

0.86–42.33

4

4

Assessing communication as sensitive

Donor gender (female)

0.02

4.41

0.81–24.04

5

5

Assessing information as sufficient

Contact (phone)

0.01

5.30

0.97–29.00

6

7

Feeling grief

Population density (< 100)

0.05

2.40

0.77–7.48

7

7

Feeling helplessness

Donor gender (female)

0.04

1.76

0.85–3.62

8

8 (P)

Often thinking about the family of the recipient

Donor gender (female)

0.04

4.83

0.65–35.93

9

8 (P)

Often thinking about the family of the recipient

Circumstance of recruitment (not related to patient)

0.04

3.34

0.74–14.99

10

8 (P)

More often thinking about own family

Donor age (≥ 30)

0.03

4.81

0.78–29.54

11

8

Not thinking about it

Circumstance of recruitment (not related to patient)

0.01

3.52

1.00–12.36

12

8

Often thinking about the recipient/the family of the recipient

Donor gender (female)

0.002

3.03

1.21–7.59

13

8

Often thinking about the recipient/the family of the recipient

Anonymous contact with recipient (yes)

0.04

2.67

0.80–8.91

14

8

More often thinking about own family since reception of the news

Contact (letter)

0.05

1.85

0.82–4.16

15

8

Wanting to contact DKMS

Contact (letter)

0.03

9.68

0.64–146.31

  1. All combinations of answers and factors with p values < 0.05 are displayed. Due to multiple testing, only p values < 0.0005 are considered as significant and marked with an asterisk in the table. Examples: Donors who have been contacted by phone significantly more often prefer phone communication than other donors (#2). Female donors more often state to often think about the recipient or his family than male donors but the difference is not regarded as significant (#12). P = Pilot.