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 | ||
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| Yes (N = 71) |
Undecided (N = 64) |
No (N = 64) |
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| Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Organ Donation | |||||
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| 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 |
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| Assessment of Barriers Regarding Organ Donation | |||||
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| 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* |
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| Attitudes of Organ Allocation and Reciprocity | |||||
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| 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