Effect of an iPod video intervention on consent to donate organs: a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The gap between the supply of organs available for transplantation and demand is growing, especially among ethnic groups.

Objective

To evaluate the effect of a video designed to address concerns of ethnic groups about organ donation.

Design

Cluster randomized, controlled trial. Randomization was performed by using a random-number table with centralized allocation concealment. Participants and investigators assessing outcomes were not blinded to group assignment. (ClinicalTrials.gov registration number: NCT00870506)

Setting

Twelve branches of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles in northeastern Ohio.

Participants

952 participants aged 15 to 66 years.

Intervention

Video (intervention; n = 443) or usual Bureau of Motor Vehicles license practi

SUBMITTER: Thornton JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3597077 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature