Flores Homero, Lee Joseph, Rodriguez-Purata Jorge, Witkin Georgia, Sandler Benjamin, Copperman Alan B
1 Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York , New York, New York.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 Oct;23(10):830-3. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2014.4792. Epub 2014 Sep 12.
What do ovum donation (OD) recipients request most from their ideal donor: beauty, brains, health or physical self-resemblance? Previous data have shown recipients primarily requested "similar appearance or gene pool." We consider the possibility that these criteria may have changed due to a positive social shift towards OD participation and have evaluated recipients' requests for donor criteria over a span of 5 years.
Donor trait preferences of OD recipients (n=438) enrolled in a private, academic OD program from 2008-2012 were assessed in this retrospective cohort analysis. Requests were categorized by appearance, ethnicity, intellect, ability, and mental health. Statistical analyses were conducted by Cochran-Armitage trend tests with significance at p<0.05.
The percentage of requests for "health" increased steadily from 2008 (50%) to 2012 (72%) (p<0.05). The percentage of requests for "intelligence" were highest in 2012 (55%), increasing from 2008 (18%) (p<0.05). Requests for "athletic ability" rose from 2008 (1%) to 2012 (17%) (p<0.05). Recipients requested a "similar gene pool" most in 2009 (40%) and least in 2012 (25%), though this trend did not reach statistical significance.
Our study demonstrates an increase in the percentage of OD recipients' requests for health, athleticism, and intelligence over our 5-year analysis. It appears that the current recipient is more likely to request a donor with practical traits that would serve their offspring overall quality of life rather than self-reflective traits such as physical resemblance or their genetic composition. We believe that improved awareness and acceptance of OD as a treatment of infertility will continue to inform practical considerations and approaches toward donor recruitment and the donor-recipient matching process.
卵子捐赠（OD）接受者对其理想捐赠者的最大需求是什么：美貌、智慧、健康还是外貌相似？先前的数据表明，接受者主要要求“外貌或基因库相似”。我们考虑到，由于社会对卵子捐赠参与度的积极转变，这些标准可能已经发生了变化，并评估了接受者在5年时间里对捐赠者标准的要求。
在这项回顾性队列分析中，评估了2008年至2012年参加私立学术性卵子捐赠项目的卵子捐赠接受者（n = 438）对捐赠者特征的偏好。需求按外貌、种族、智力、能力和心理健康进行分类。采用 Cochr an-Armitage趋势检验进行统计分析，显著性水平为p<0.05。
对“健康”的需求比例从2008年的50%稳步上升至2012年的72%（p<0.05）。对“智力”的需求比例在2012年最高，为55%，高于2008年的18%（p<0.05）。对“运动能力”的需求从2008年的1%升至2012年的17%（p<0.05）。接受者在2009年对“相似基因库”的需求最多，为40%，在2012年最少，为25%，不过这一趋势未达到统计学显著性。
我们的研究表明，在我们为期5年的分析中，卵子捐赠接受者对健康、运动能力和智力的需求比例有所增加。当前的接受者似乎更有可能要求捐赠者具备有助于其后代总体生活质量的实用特质，而非诸如外貌相似或基因构成等自我反思性的特质。我们认为，随着人们对卵子捐赠作为不孕症治疗方法的认识和接受度不断提高，这将继续为捐赠者招募和供受者匹配过程中的实际考量及方法提供参考。
