The Effects of Jing Si Herbal Tea on Physical and Psychological Symptoms in Peripheral Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donors

For each of the pain sites includes: headache、bone、joint & muscle, indicate the severity of present using the following scale (baseline vs. follow-up).

grade 0: fully active, able to carry on all pre-disease performance without restriction

grade 1: restricted in physically strenuous activity but ambulatory and able to carry out work of a light or sedentary nature, e.g. light housework, office work

grade 2: ambulatory and capable of all self-care but unable to carry out any work activities, up and about more than 50% of waking hours

grade 3: capable of only limited self-care, confined to bed or chair more than 50% of waking hours

grade 4: completely disabled, cannot carry on any self-care, totally confined to bed or chair

grade 5: dead

Difference in donor Health State Trait Anxiety Index (STAI) scores (baseline vs. follow-up).

The STAI questionnaire consists of 20 items for assessing "state anxiety" and 20 items for assessing "trait anxiety," with a raw score of 20 to 60 points for each scale.

The state anxiety scale evaluates the current state of anxiety associated with a special situation, measuring subjective feelings of apprehension, tension, nervousness, worry, and activation of the autonomic nervous system, whereas the trait anxiety scale evaluates proneness to anxiety .

The level of anxiety was determined according to the percentile rank obtained using the raw score of each questionnaire and was classified as low anxiety (1st-23th percentile), moderate anxiety (25th75th percentile) and high anxiety (77th-99th percentile).