Process evaluation of specialist nurse implementation of a soft opt-out organ donation system in Wales.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wales introduced a soft opt-out organ donation system on 1st December 2015 with the aim of improving consent rates. In the first 18 months consent rates improved but the difference could not solely be attributed to the soft opt-out system when compared with similar improvements in consent rates in other UK nations.

Methods

We conducted an 18 month post-intervention qualitative process evaluation involving 88 family members of 60/211 potential organ donor cases, and 19 professionals. Views and experiences of Specialist Nurses in Organ Donation who implemented the new system and family members who were involved in decision making were collected to see how their respective behaviours impacted on implementation. Data collection included interviews, focus groups and qu

SUBMITTER: Noyes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6591913 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature