Brain Death, Renal Failure
Conditions
Keywords
Organ donation, Transplantation, Intensive care
Brief summary
The investigators plan a secondary data analysis of an existing dataset to examine how individual decision-making differs from family decision-making in organ donation.
Interventions
OTHERHealth sciences survey
Large scale demographic survey evaluating attitudes of population towards organ donation for the self vs. family
Sponsors
Singapore General Hospital
Yale-NUS College
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
21 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Citizens or permanent residents of Singapore * Above 21
Exclusion criteria
\- Below 21
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Willingness to donate | Single measurement (time of taking the survey) | Participants indicated their willingness to donate their own organs and those of a close family member |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Confidence in family decision-making | Single measurement (time of taking the survey) | Participants rated how confident they were that - upon their family member's death - they would respect their family member's views regarding donation rated using 5-point scales anchored on one end with 1=Not confident at all and 5=Absolutely confident). |
Outcome results
None listed