Table 2.

 Studies showing association between perceived quality of care of potential organ donor and consent rate for organ donation. Numbers are percentages of relatives consenting to organ donation when factor was present or not

Study	No studied	Type of study	Factors associated with consent	% consenting		P value
				With factor	Without factor
Siminoff et al,w1 2001, USA	420	Retrospective data collection via chart reviews and telephone interviews with healthcare practitioners or OPO staff, and face to face interviews with family for all donor eligible deaths	Families believed that one or more healthcare professional involved in relatives’ care was not caring or concerned	43	59*	0.04
DeJong et al,w3 1998, US	164	Structured telephone interview with immediate next of kin 4-6 months after death of relative	Perceptions of overall quality of care delivered in hospital (scale devised; score >5)	82	48	<0.01
			Thought relative had received best possible care before death	92	70	<0.001
Rodrigue et al,w4 2006, US	285	Retrospective structured telephone interview with next of kin of donor eligible dead individuals	Overall satisfaction with care received higher for next of kin who consented to donation	45	39	<0.001

OPO=organ procurement organisation.

*Calculated from published data.