Evaluation of Attitudes Towards Organ Donation in Individualistic or Collectivistic Countries

Opt In Clinical Trial

Official title:

Nudging Policies in Asia: Evaluating Singapore's Opt-out System for Organ Donation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03351881
• Other study ID #: HSS-1502-P02-02
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 17, 2017
• Last updated: February 9, 2018
• Start date: September 2016
• Est. completion date: May 2019

Study information

• Verified date: February 2018
• Source: Yale-NUS College
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 600
• Est. completion date: May 2019
• Est. primary completion date: May 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years and older

Eligibility

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.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Opt In
• Opt Neutral
• Opt Out

Intervention

Other:
• Description of Organ Donation Policy
Participants will read about an organ donation policy type (opt-out, opt-in, or opt-neutral) and rate what they think or feel about it.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Singapore	Yale-NUS College	Singapore

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Yale-NUS College

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Singapore, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Decision to Donate Organ	Likelihood of participants choosing to donate organs after brain death	At the point of the survey, right after participants have read about the organ donation policy condition which they have been assigned.