Organ Donation
Conditions
Brief summary
The investigators aim to experimentally manipulate presence of questions on positive or negative affective attitudes to see if including these moderate as intention to become an organ donor. The methodology will be replicated across three international sites (RCSI Dublin, RCSI Bahrain, RCSI Perdana University).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALQuestion-behaviour effect (for affective attitudes)
Investigators propose to investigate the Question-behaviour effect (omit affective attitudes). Investigators will conduct an experimental manipulation by omitting certain items from a questionnaire assessing attitudes to organ donation. Specifically, investigators will omit questions on affective attitudes. This group will complete a similar questionnaire to the comparison group, with the same number of items, but items on affective attitudes will substituted for non-affective items (e.g. on political parties).
BEHAVIORALQuestion-behaviour effect (negatively-worded attitudes)
Behavioral: Question-behaviour effect (for negatively-worded attitudes) Investigators propose to investigate the Question-behaviour effect (omit negatively-worded affective attitudes). Investigators will conduct an experimental manipulation by omitting certain items from a questionnaire assessing attitudes to organ donation. Specifically, investigators will omit questions on negatively-worded affective attitudes. This group will complete a similar questionnaire to the comparison group, with the same number of items, but items on negatively-worded affective attitudes will substituted for non-affective items (e.g. on political parties).
Sponsors
University of Stirling
Manipal University
Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Agree to participate
Exclusion criteria
* Refuse to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Intention to become an organ donor | within 3 months | Mean score of two 7-point items: I will definitely sign up for organ donation and discuss this with my family in the next few months and How strong is your intention to sign up for organ donation and discuss this with my family in the next few months? |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Taking a donor card after the interview | Immediately at the end of the interview (i.e. that day, an average of 10-15 minutes after consenting to participate)) | Did survey participant accept a donor card? Yes/No |
Countries
India, Ireland, Malaysia, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed