Evaluation of Attitudes Towards Organ Donation in Individualistic or Collectivistic Countries

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Opt Out; Opt In; Opt Neutral
• Interventions: Other: Description of Organ Donation Policy

• Registration Number: NCT03351881
• Lead Sponsor: Yale-NUS College

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-09
• Study First Submitted: 2017-11-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-11-17
• Study First Posted: 2017-11-24
• Status Verified: 2018-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-02-09
• Last Update Posted: 2018-02-12
• Primary Completion: 2018-05
• Study Completion: 2019-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 600

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Opt In	Description of Organ Donation Policy	-
Opt Out	Description of Organ Donation Policy	-
Opt Neutral	Description of Organ Donation Policy	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Decision to Donate Organ	At the point of the survey, right after participants have read about the organ donation policy condition which they have been assigned.	Likelihood of participants choosing to donate organs after brain death

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Yale-NUS College; 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore