Evaluation of a workplace organ donation intervention

A randomized controlled trial

Bibliographic Data

ID12397408
AuthorsSahar Khoshravesh (0000-0003-1629-1386, Social Determinants of Health Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran), Akram Karimi‐shahanjarini (0000-0002-2453-1389, Social Determinants of Health Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran, corresponding author), Jalal Poorolajal (0000-0002-3758-3006, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran), Majid Barati (0000-0002-5152-1928, Social Determinants of Health Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran), Saeed Bashirian (0000-0003-2133-087X, Social Determinants of Health Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran), Majid Hamidi (0000-0003-2395-7393, Managing Director of Organ Donation Association Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran), Sanaz Khalili (0000-0003-2180-7025, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran)
Year2021
Volume32
Issue4
Pages608-622
Publication date2021-12-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/casp.2590
OpenAlexW4200570946
LanguageEN
References cited38

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of an intervention called ‘Organ donation, Life donation’ on increasing the number of signed donor cards among employees. A randomized controlled trial study was conducted in Hamadan, Iran, among employees of two‐branch offices from February to July 2019. We randomly assigned 14 two‐branch offices ( n = 324 participants) to the multi‐component intervention (i.e., providing training and materials, engaging participants' families and providing immediate opportunity to register for organ donation) or control groups. We used the Extended Organ Donation Model to guide the intervention development. Data were collected using a 46‐item self‐administered questionnaire at pre‐test, 1‐month follow‐up and 6‐month follow‐up. Descriptive statistics, Chi‐square test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) change score analyses were used to describe studied variables and investigate changes in outcome variables (i.e., signed donor card and constructs of Extended Organ Donation Model. A higher proportion of the participants in the intervention group signed a donor card than the control group (73.2% vs. 17.9%, respectively). After follow‐ups, the two groups had statistically significant differences in knowledge, perceived behavioural control, anticipated regret, descriptive norms, non‐cognitive beliefs, Islamic beliefs and intention. This study provides evidence of the effectiveness of a brief theory‐based intervention combining different strategies to increase the registration rate in workplaces. It appears that using a multi‐component intervention and taking into account cultural and religious contexts will encourage people to sign donor cards in different communities

Descriptive statistics · Donation · Family medicine · Intervention (counseling · Organ donation · Psychiatry · Randomized controlled trial · Regret · Statistics · Test (biology · Blood donation and transfusion practices · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Organ Donation and Transplantation · Psychology · Social Psychology · Surgery · Transplantation

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