Organ Donor
Conditions
Keywords
questionnaires, health care surveys/methods, motivation, living donors, living kidney donation
Brief summary
This is a mailed survey to persons who served as living kidney donors at Saint Barnabas Medical Center. The experimental component of this study (the clinical trial) is a randomized trial of two monetary incentives for the living kidney donors invited to participate in the study. Kidney donors will be randomized to receive one of two incentives in the mailed survey packet: $2 cash vs. $5 cash. The main outcome measure is the response rate to the survey.
Interventions
OTHER$2 cash
$2 cash incentive will be included in the mailed survey
OTHER$5 cash
$5 cash incentive will be included in the mailed survey
Sponsors
St. Barnabas Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Persons who donated a living donor kidney at Saint Barnabas Medical Center between January 2000 and December 2006 are eligible to participate
Exclusion criteria
* Current address outside the continental United States * Persons who donated a living donor kidney prior to January 2000 or after December 2006 * Persons who indicated they no longer wished to be contacted by Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Survey response rate | 2 weeks, 2 months (primary), 4 months |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed