Evaluating Attitudes Towards Organ Donation in Singapore

March 7, 2019 updated by: Yale-NUS College
One survey is conducted. Exploring the effect of different messages on family members' decision making on organ donation.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed 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.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

180

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Singapore
      • Singapore, Singapore, 138527
        • Yale-NUS College

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

21 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Above age 21
  • Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
Vignette contains no extra information
Experimental: Frame
Vignette is framed in a particular manner
Other: Frame
Vignette is framed in a way that nudges participant to leave a legacy
Experimental: Norms
Vignette contains extra information about norms
Other: Norms
Vignette informs the participant that most people choose an option to try to nudge participant into choosing that option as well
Experimental: All
Vignette contains extra information about norms and is framed in a particular manner.
Other: Frame
Vignette is framed in a way that nudges participant to leave a legacy
Other: Norms
Vignette informs the participant that most people choose an option to try to nudge participant into choosing that option as well

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Binary survey item - Preferred option for mother's situation
Time Frame: 3 minutes
A binary choice between 'Turning off life support' and 'Wait and see' which measures the efficacy of nudges on ultimate decision-making.
3 minutes
10cm line scale survey item - Willingness for participant's mother's organs to be donated under brain death
Time Frame: 3 minutes
A 10cm line scale will be given and participants will be asked to put a cross on the line that corresponds to what they are feeling. This will measure their willingness for their mother's organs to be donated under the conditions of brain death.
3 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
10cm line scale survey item - Willingness for participant's mother's organs to be donated under cardiac death
Time Frame: 3 minutes
A 10cm line scale will be given and participants will be asked to put a cross on the line that corresponds to what they are feeling. This will measure their willingness for their mother's organs to be donated under the conditions of cardiac death.
3 minutes
10cm line scale survey item - Willingness for participant's own organs to be donated under brain death
Time Frame: 3 minutes
A 10cm line scale will be given and participants will be asked to put a cross on the line that corresponds to what they are feeling. This will measure their willingness to donate their own organs under conditions of brain death.
3 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Yale-NUS College

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 27, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 8, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

February 8, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 10, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 10, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

July 13, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 8, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 7, 2019

Last Verified

March 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HSS-1502-P02

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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