Evaluating Attitudes Towards Organ Donation in Singapore

Yale-NUS College

Status: Completed

Conditions: Behavior; Control

Treatments: Other: Frame; Other: Norms

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03216213

HSS-1502-P02

Details and patient eligibility

About

One survey is conducted. Exploring the effect of different messages on family members' decision making on organ donation.

Full description

The investigators intend to examine the impact of nudging interventions in the form of a vignette designed to emulate the standard procedure of informing family members of a loved one's unfavourable prognosis. The investigators intend to examine the effect of the interventions on the eventual decision-making process of the family member.

Enrollment: 180 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Above age 21
• Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents

Exclusion criteria

• Below age 21
• Non-citizens
• Not able to make decisions for self

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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180 participants in 4 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Vignette contains no extra information

Frame

Experimental group

Description:

Vignette is framed in a particular manner

Treatment:

Other: Frame

Norms

Experimental group

Description:

Vignette contains extra information about norms

Treatment:

Other: Norms

All

Experimental group

Description:

Vignette contains extra information about norms and is framed in a particular manner.

Treatment:

Other: Frame

Other: Norms