Regret Mental and Behavioural Disorders Regret
Conditions
Interventions
The study will have four arms:
1. No-questionnaire control (NQC)
2. Questionnaire control (QC)
3. Attitude questionnaire (AQ)
4. Anticipated regret (AR)
The postal survey that the participants rece
1 = strongly disagree, 7 = strongly agree). We will also include filler questions to ensure that the number of items in this arm is identical to the AQ and AR arms.
AQ:
The AQ arm will receive the sa
Sponsors
University of Stirling (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants will be a large, nationally representative sample Scottish general public 2. Adult (over 18 years of age) 3. Not be registered organ donors when they receive the questionnaire
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Registered organ donors 2. Actively withdraw from study
Design outcomes
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Intentions to become an organ donor in the future 2. If the anticipated regret intervention is successful the trialists will test whether the increase in registration is due to people having greater intentions to register as an organ donor and less negative emotions and attitudes towards donation 3. These variables will be measured in questionnaires using the indices described above | — |
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Verified number of NHS Blood and Transplant organ donor registrations in each of the four study arms, 6 months after receiving the postal questionnaire 2. NHS Blood and Transplant will search the Organ Donor Database to see whether participants have registered as organ donors and, if applicable, when they registered | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed