Motivations for Stem Cell Transplant Registry Participation
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 397
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Intention to Register
研究概览
简要总结
The current study seeks to understand factors that influence college students' likelihood of participating the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)/Be the Match for bone marrow and stem cell donations. The secondary aim is to compare emotional and rational approaches to encouraging participation in the registry and how these approaches may impact intentions to participate in the NMDP.
详细描述
This study is a randomized controlled trial that will randomize participants to receive either an emotional appeal about a child with cancer who needs a bone marrow transplant or a rational appeal using data on the racial/ethnic disparities within the transplant registry.
Participants will be recruited through the Psychology Subject Pool, which will then link students to the study measures in an online survey. Participants will be asked their age to confirm eligibility to participate (students must be between 18-35), and eligible students will be presented with the consent form through the online survey system. Participants will then be asked to complete measures of demographic information, personality/psychological characteristics, and transplant-related knowledge, intentions, and attitudes. All participants will then be given background information on bone marrow transplants.
Randomization: Students will be randomized by sex in the online survey system to the emotional presentation condition or the rational presentation condition. The emotional condition will tell the story of a fictional pediatric patient with cancer who needs a transplant. The rational condition will describe the facts about the need for diversity in the registry.
After being presented with the rational or emotional appeal, participants will again be asked about their intentions to register, their motivations for registering, and their mood.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 35 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Rutgers Camden Students enrolled in Psych 101 and Method and Theory
- •Between the ages of 18-35
排除标准
- •Students under 18 years of age or over 36 or older will be excluded.
结局指标
主要结局
Intention to Register
时间窗: Baseline and after the experimental manipulation (Post-Intervention)
Participants rated the likelihood of registering on a 1-7 scale with higher scores indicating greater intention to join the registry (better outcome). Participants were asked these questions before (baseline) and after (post-intervention) the experimental manipulation.
次要结局
- Mood(Baseline and after experimental manipulation (Post-Intervention))
- Psychosocial and Demographic Correlates of Intentions to Register--Knowledge(Baseline)
研究者
Lauren C. Daniel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey