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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Transplant. 2016 Sep 29;30(11):1449–1456. doi: 10.1111/ctr.12839

Table 2. Survey features and responses categorized by donor registration status of waitlisted patient participants.

All items were assessed on a 5-point Likert scale (1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-Neutral, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree) and reported as mean (standard deviation). Comparisons between groups were evaluated by ANOVA.

N = 199 Are you a registered organ donor? F Statistic P Value

Yes
(N = 71)
Undecided
(N = 64)
No
(N = 64)
Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Organ Donation

My treatment plan would change as a result of being an organ donor 2.42 (1.37) 2.46 (1.23) 2.69 (1.23) 0.77 0.47
If I were eligible to be an organ donor, I would register 4.18 (1.07) 3.92 (0.94) 3.57 (1.20) 5.01 <0.01*
Being a registered donor will affect the likelihood of me receiving an organ 2.03 (1.17) 2.14 (1.03) 2.13 (1.01) 0.2 0.82

Assessment of Barriers Regarding Organ Donation

Organ donation is against my religious or moral beliefs 1.5 (1.05) 1.48 (0.97) 1.41 (0.88) 1.59 0.21
My current state of health is not good enough to qualify me as an organ donor 2.66 (1.44) 2.53 (1.36) 3.25 (1.64) 4.03 0.02*
I am concerned that my organs might go to someone who does not deserve them 1.65 (0.92) 1.8 (1.03) 1.75 (0.81) 0.42 0.66
I have discussed organ donation with my transplant doctors 3.26 (1.3) 2.69 (1.19) 2.7 (1.25) 4.39 0.01*

Attitudes of Organ Allocation and Reciprocity

Donated organs are allocated fairly 3.45 (1.07) 3.28 (1.03) 3.42 (0.84) 0.511 0.6
I should be higher on the transplant waitlist if I am an organ donor 2.66 (1.41) 2.36 (1.18) 2.49 (1.1) 0.93 0.4
It is important to me to receive an organ for a healthy donor 4.03 (1.04) 4.2 (0.83) 4.57 (0.76) 1.66 0.2
It is important to me to receive an organ from someone in my state 1.94 (0.86) 2.2 (0.89) 2.4 (1.24) 1.28 0.29
I feel that organs should go to the sickest patients first 3.27 (1.07) 3.55 (1.05) 3.40 (1.35) 0.38 0.69
*

P value <0.05