Increasing Donor Designation Rates in Teenagers: Effectiveness of a Driver's Education Intervention

NCT ID: NCT03013816

Last Updated: 2019-01-28

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

611 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-06-30

Study Completion Date

2018-10-31

Brief Summary

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Four aims were pursued: (1) Evaluate the effectiveness of video messaging on adolescent donor designations in comparison to a regionally-matched historical comparison group of adolescents; (2) Compare the differential effectiveness of three commonly-used donation messaging strategies (informational, testimonial, and blended) on donor designations; (3) Examine the impact of donation messaging on changes in secondary outcomes (donation engagement, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, likelihood of donor designation, discussion with a parent) before and after video intervention; and (4) Assess the commitment of parents to follow their adolescent's donation wishes in the event of death. Our central hypotheses were that integrating donation video messaging into driver education classes would generate a higher proportion of donor designations compared to a historical comparison group and that blended video messaging (informational + testimonials) would yield a higher proportion of donor designations and more change in secondary outcomes.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Organ Donor Registration Organ Donation Education

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Testimonial Messaging

This video features four personal testimonials with strong emotional appeal, including an adolescent kidney transplant recipient, a pediatric liver transplant recipient, a young adult kidney transplant candidate, and an adolescent whose twin brother was a deceased organ donor. There are minimal facts about transplantation or donation.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Organ Donation Education: Testimonial Messaging

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The testimonial messaging video intervention will be shown

Informational Messaging

This video mirrors common educational campaigns and included segments of HRSA's animated video, Organ Donation and Transplantation: How Does it Work? The IM video presents facts about donation, including the current supply-demand problem in transplantation, common reasons for/against donor designation, donation myths, and the importance of communicating with parents about donation. Information about how to register as a donor is also included. The video contains no personal testimonials.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Organ Donation Education: Informational Messaging

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The informational messaging video intervention will be shown

Blended Messaging

This video features four personal testimonials with strong emotional appeal, including an adolescent kidney transplant recipient, a pediatric liver transplant recipient, a young adult kidney transplant candidate, and an adolescent whose twin brother was a deceased organ donor. There are minimal facts about transplantation or donation.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Organ Donation Education: Blended Messaging

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The blended messaging video intervention will be shown

Interventions

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Organ Donation Education: Testimonial Messaging

The testimonial messaging video intervention will be shown

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Organ Donation Education: Informational Messaging

The informational messaging video intervention will be shown

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Organ Donation Education: Blended Messaging

The blended messaging video intervention will be shown

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Enrolled in driving school class
* English speaking
* Adolescent assent
* Parental permission to participate

Exclusion Criteria

* Prior participation in a driver's education class in which organ donation education was provided
* Parent permission form not signed
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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James Rodrigue

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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James Rodrigue, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Locations

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Rodrigue JR, Boger M, DuBay D, Fleishman A. Increasing Organ Donor Designation Rates in Adolescents: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Am J Public Health. 2019 Sep;109(9):1273-1279. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305178. Epub 2019 Jul 18.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31318603 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2015P000063

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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