Enhancing organ donation rates amongst the Muslim community: a comic and narrative intervention study

Effect of reading comics vs written narrative on organ donation registration rates amongst Muslim adult population in the UK: a randomised control trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN64302161

Enrollment

293

Registered

2023-08-07

Start date

2023-08-14

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-08-21

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Conditions

Registrations on the UK NHSBT Organ Donation Register Not Applicable

Interventions

To establish the effectiveness of comics and test whether comic style adds anything to the outcomes, participants will be randomised into a 1:1:1 allocation ratio. The control will be pre-existing NHS

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Resident of the UK 2. Aged 18 years or older 2. Identifies as part of the Islamic religion 3. Reads English 4. Agrees to 1-month follow up

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Prolific approval rating of less than 95% 2. Have at least 20 previous prolific submissions

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Registration rates depending on the narrative format measured using self-reported donor status at 1-month follow-up survey post intervention	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Attitudes towards narrative format measured using the Attitude Information Score in the immediate post-intervention survey 2. Likelihood to use narrative measured using the Discuss Information Scale in the immediate post-intervention survey 3. Discussion rates depending on the narrative format using self-reported Discuss Donation Status at 1-month follow-up survey post intervention 4. Attitudes towards organ donation measured using the Affective Attitude Score at 1-month follow-up survey post intervention	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Attitudes towards narrative format measured using the Attitude Information Score in the immediate post-intervention survey 2. Likelihood to use narrative measured using the Discuss Information Scale in the immediate post-intervention survey 3. Discussion rates depending on the narrative format using self-reported Discuss Donation Status at 1-month follow-up survey post intervention 4. Attitudes towards organ donation measured using the Affective Attitude Score at 1-month follow-up survey post intervention

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Countries

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Wales

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026