Tissue and Organ Procurement
Conditions
Brief summary
The overarching aim of this study is to examine the process of organ donation decision-making and to determine whether changes in requesting practices change rates of consent for donation, and other family-based outcomes.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCommunication intervention
The intervention is a modification of current standard practice procedures for requesting consent for donation. The intervention period commences when the possibility of organ donation is first raised with the family, and includes the time for families to make a decision. This time may last up to 72 hours.
Sponsors
NSW Organ and Tissue Donation Service
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Donation events identified by a patient who is a potential organ and tissue donor in a participating ICU or under the care of ICU health professionals. * For the primary endpoint only, patients must not have registered their donation wishes.
Exclusion criteria
* A patient who is not medically suitable for organ or tissue donation. * A patient who does not have next of kin available to participate in donation conversations. * A patient in the ICU who is able to provide first person consent for deceased donation, for example a patient with spinal injuries. * A patient who is suitable to donate only tissue after death.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Proportion of families providing consent for deceased organ donation. | Up to 72 hours subsequent to raising deceased donation with next of kin. | Final decision of either written or verbal consent or decline to deceased organ donation provided at the hospital. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Proportion of senior next of kin who report they regretted their final decision either to consent or to decline donation. | 90 days post enrollment. | This outcome will be assesed using a telephone follow-up call. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health professionals' adherence rates to core elements of the intervention. | Up to 72 hours subsequent to next of kin making their final donation decision. | This will be measured by observation and self-report at the hospital. |
Countries
Australia
Outcome results
None listed