Living Organ Donation
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this projects is to test the effectiveness of a tailored educational intervention in increasing knowledge about organ donation among Muslim Americans. More specifically, using the theory of planned behavior (TPB) as a conceptual framework, the workshop's goal is to enhance attendee knowledge of the benefits and risks (behavioral beliefs and attitude), understanding of religious arguments for and against (normative beliefs and subjective norm), and procedural knowledge about the process and types of (control beliefs and perceived control) living organ donation.
Detailed description
The study consists of two workshops (control and experimental) and an optional follow-up interview. The study contains 2 intervention arms based on the order in which the organ donation workshop is delivered at the mosque: early and late. The early arm will receive the experimental organ donation workshop first, followed by the control workshop (on end-of-life care). The late arm will receive the workshops in the opposite order (end-of-life care workshop followed by the organ donation workshop). To address varied adult learning styles, the workshops will incorporate didactic teaching, moderated panel presentations, and facilitated small group discussions led by a trained peer educator. Workshops will also involve self-administered surveys.
Interventions
OTHEROrgan Donation Workshop
Discussion Moderated by Peer Educators Didactic Session 1: Biomedical Aspects of Living Donation Didactic Session 2: Organ Donation and Transplantation in the US- Statistics and Procedures Moderated Debate: Living Organ Donation: Halal or Haram? Facilitated Group Discussions with Peer Educators
OTHEREnd of Life Care Workshop
Discussion Moderated by Peer Educators Didactic Session 1: Critical Theological Concepts about Sickness and Health in Islamic Bioethics Didactic Session 2: Islamic Rulings about Brain Death, and Withdrawing/Withholding Life Support Moderated Panel Discussion: End-of-life Decision Making Facilitated Group Discussions with Peer Educators
Sponsors
University of Chicago
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Self-identified Muslim men and women * Fluent in English * Adult * Availability to attend workshop sessions
Exclusion criteria
* No personal or immediate family history of organ transplant
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Islamic knowledge of living organ donation | 2 weeks | Islamic Knowledge of Living Donation \[IK-LOD\] Scale |
| Change in living organ donation knowledge | 2 weeks | Living Donation subscale of the Rotterdam Renal Transplant Knowledge Test (R3K-T) |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed