Italian Society of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Parma, Italy.
Blood Transfus. 2011 Jan;9(1):50-9. doi: 10.2450/2010.0003-10. Epub 2010 Mar 25.
Relationships between self-perceived health status and mortality, morbidity, disability and health care utilisation have been well established. The self-perceived health status of blood donors has, however, never been assessed.
Using the Short-Form 12 questionnaire, we assessed self-perceived health status in a sample of blood donors.
The mean values for the Physical Component Summary (PCS) score were similar for males and females, being 54 versus 54.12, respectively. There was, however, a gender difference for the Mental Component Summary (MCS) score, with women reporting a lower mean score. Young blood donors had the lowest mean score for the MCS, without gender differences. In all the other age categories, males had higher scores. Education did not seem to be as relevant as previously indicated in the literature. Our sample of blood donors included a certain number of overweight and obese subjects. The PCS scores were lowest in obese males and females. The highest MCS score was found in the group of overweight males.
Further research in this selected population could be indicated as a new way to improve understanding of self-perceived health status and the determinants of the intention to become or to remain a blood donor.
自我感知的健康状况与死亡率、发病率、残疾和医疗保健利用之间的关系已得到充分证实。然而，献血者的自我感知健康状况从未得到评估。
我们使用 12 项简短调查问卷评估了献血者样本的自我感知健康状况。
男性和女性的生理成分综合评分（PCS）均值相似，分别为 54 和 54.12。然而，心理成分综合评分（MCS）的性别差异存在，女性报告的平均得分较低。年轻的献血者的 MCS 平均得分最低，没有性别差异。在所有其他年龄段，男性的得分都较高。教育似乎不像文献中先前指出的那样重要。我们的献血者样本包括一定数量的超重和肥胖者。肥胖男性和女性的 PCS 得分最低。超重男性组的 MCS 得分最高。
在这个选定的人群中进一步研究可能是一种新的方法，可以更好地了解自我感知的健康状况和成为或保持献血者的意愿的决定因素。
