Table 2.

Organ donation and donor designation knowledge (N=40)^a.

Knowledge items	Pretest, n (%)	Posttest, n (%)	Change (D)	P value
Organs donated for transplantation are distributed equitably, regardless of sex, income, or ethnicity	12 (30)	22 (55)	+10	.096
Wealthy people are more likely to receive a donated organ than poor peopleb	15 (37)	25 (62)	+10	.23
There is a national system to match donated organs with patients waiting for a transplant	23 (57)	31 (77)	+8	.59
Hispanic are more likely to need organ transplants than White	17 (42)	21 (52)	+4	.16
By registering to be an organ donor, people are also agreeing to donate their tissues and eyes after their death	25 (62)	27 (67)	+2	.599
A person has to have a driver’s license to be an organ donorb	33 (82)	29 (72)	−4	.29
People on the waiting list for organ transplants die daily because there are not enough organs	36 (90)	31 (77)	−5	.66
Everyone who dies can be an organ donorb	15 (37.5)	10 (25)	−5	.095
In the United States, Hispanic patients wait longer for a transplantable organ than other patient groups	28 (70)	21 (52)	−7	.11
It costs money to register to be an organ donorb	37 (92)	29 (72)	−8	.18
Composite knowledge, mean correct (SD)	6.0 (1.9)	6.2 (2.9)	+.2	.82

^aThe chi-square test statistic was used to assess changes from pre- to posttest for individual items; the paired sample t test statistic was used to assess changes in composite knowledge from pre- to posttest. The change from pre- to posttest is denoted by the delta symbol (D).

^bItems are false.