Evaluation of Attitudes Towards Organ Donation in Individualistic or Collectivistic Countries

Yale-NUS College

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Opt Out; Opt In; Opt Neutral

Treatments: Other: Description of Organ Donation Policy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03351881

HSS-1502-P02-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

People make decisions every day, both for themselves and on behalf of others. In the case of organ donations, despite the opt-out systems used in Singapore where the default is a presumed consent on the part of the individual, the actualized donation rate is lower than expect. This is partially because family members are called in to make surrogate decisions on behalf of the patient, especially patients near brain death or have been certified to be brain dead.

To address the shortfall in organ donations, the investigators plan to run three studies:

• First, the investigators seek to conduct a representative survey of the public's perception towards organ donation. The investigators will focus on their views towards donating their own vs. family members' organs, and to explore the role of cultural influences on decision-making.
• Second, the investigators will conduct the survey focusing on NUS students and the ways they respond to an opt-out, opt-in, or mandatory organ donation system.
• Third, the investigators will conduct the survey on an online platform (MTurk) to gather the views of participants across India and USA about organ donation.

The studies have the potential to improve actualized organ donation rates, as well as to inform the medical community in their communication with family members.

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Research participants should be above the age of 21, able to understand English fully, and have no active mental disorder or intellectual impairment.

Exclusion criteria

• Below the age of 21, unable to understand English fully, or have active mental disorder or intellectual impairment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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600 participants in 3 patient groups

Opt Out

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Description of Organ Donation Policy

Opt In

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Description of Organ Donation Policy

Opt Neutral

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Description of Organ Donation Policy