Evaluating Attitudes Towards Organ Donation in Singapore

Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluating Attitudes Towards Organ Donation in Singapore

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03216213
• Other study ID #: HSS-1502-P02
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 27, 2018
• Est. completion date: February 8, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: March 2019
• Source: Yale-NUS College
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 180
• Est. completion date: February 8, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: February 8, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Above age 21

• Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents

Exclusion Criteria:

• Below age 21

• Non-citizens

• Not able to make decisions for self

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavior
• Control

Intervention

Other:
• Frame
Vignette is framed in a way that nudges participant to leave a legacy
• Norms
Vignette informs the participant that most people choose an option to try to nudge participant into choosing that option as well

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	Binary survey item - Preferred option for mother's situation	A binary choice between 'Turning off life support' and 'Wait and see' which measures the efficacy of nudges on ultimate decision-making.	3 minutes
Primary	10cm line scale survey item - Willingness for participant's mother's organs to be donated under brain death	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	10cm line scale survey item - Willingness for participant's mother's organs to be donated under cardiac death	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
Secondary	10cm line scale survey item - Willingness for participant's own organs to be donated under brain death	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