Evaluating Attitudes Towards Organ Donation in the United States on MTurk

NCT04308746 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HSS-1502-P02-07
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 211
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study is conducted to investigate the effects of priming different cultural orientations on participants' decisions on whether to donate their organs, in an opt-out donation system scenario where the default is a presumed consent on the part of the individual.

Conditions

Individual Difference

Keywords

Organ Donation; Culture

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Binary survey item - Decision to Donate Organ

  From a scenario where participants imagine themselves applying for a driver's license in a country where an opt-out organ donation system is enforced, participants are asked to make a binary choice between choosing to donate their organs (default) and choosing not to donate their organs (opt out).

  1 minute

• Line scale survey item - Confidence in Decision to Donate Organ

  Participants are asked to mark along a line scale on how confident they feel about their decision to donate their organs. The extreme ends of the line scale are defined as "Not Confident At All" (0) and "Extremely Confident" (100).

  1 minute

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Individual levels of individualism & collectivism

  5 minutes

• Individual levels of power distance

  3 minutes

Study Arms (2)

Individualistic

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants write 3 statements to 3 questions relating to his/her differences from his/her immediate community

Behavioral: Online Individualistic Prime (statement writing)

Collectivistic

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants write 3 statements to 3 questions relating to his/her similarities with his/her immediate community

Behavioral: Online Collectivistic Prime (statement writing)

Interventions

Online Individualistic Prime (statement writing) BEHAVIORAL

Participants write 3 statements each about (1) themselves, (2) why they are not like others, and (3) why it is beneficial to stand out from others

Individualistic

Online Collectivistic Prime (statement writing) BEHAVIORAL

Participants think about a social group and write 3 statements each about (1) their social group, (2) why they are like others, and (3) why it is beneficial to blend in with others

Collectivistic

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 21 and above
• Lives in the United States of America

You may not qualify if:

• Below age 21
• Does not live in the United States of America

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yale-NUS College: lead

Study Sites (1)

Yale-NUS College

Singapore, 138527, Singapore

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Participants are assigned to 1 out of 2 culture orientation priming tasks (Individualistic or Collectivistic)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2020
• First Posted: March 16, 2020
• Study Start: February 16, 2020
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2020
• Study Completion: February 28, 2020
• Last Updated: March 16, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-03

Locations

SG (1)