TABLE 4.

Participant attitudes about VCA.

Factor		N a	Strongly disagree n (%)	Disagree n (%)	Neutral/Unsure n (%)	Agree n (%)	Strongly agree n (%)	p-value b
I support VCA transplantation	Total	42	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (5)	16 (38)	24 (57)	0.10
	Northwestern	27	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (7)	7 (26)	18 (67)
	Johns Hopkins	15	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	9 (60)	6 (40)
I would be willing to donate my hand upon death	Total	42	0 (0)	2 (5)	11 (26)	12 (29)	17 (40)	<0.001
	Northwestern	27	0 (0)	1 (4)	9 (33)	2 (7)	15 (56)
	Johns Hopkins	15	0 (0)	1 (7)	2 (13)	10 (67)	2 (13)
I would be willing to donate my face upon death	Total	40	2 (5)	5 (12)	13 (32)	6 (15)	14 (35)	0.09
	Northwestern	26	2 (8)	2 (8)	8 (31)	2 (8)	12 (46)
	Johns Hopkins	14	0 (0)	3 (21)	5 (36)	4 (29)	2 (14)
I would be willing to receive a hand transplant after a severely deforming accident	Total	42	0 (0)	0 (0)	10 (24)	21 (50)	11 (26)	0.70
	Northwestern	27	0 (0)	0 (0)	7 (26)	12 (44)	8 (30)
	Johns Hopkins	15	0 (0)	0 (0)	3 (20)	9 (60)	3 (20)
I would be willing to receive a face transplant after a severely deforming accident	Total	41	1 (2)	1 (2)	14 (34)	18 (44)	7 (17)	0.30
	Northwestern	26	1 (4)	0 (0)	7 (27)	12 (46)	6 (23)
	Johns Hopkins	15	0 (0)	1 (7)	7 (47)	6 (40)	1 (7)
VCA is distasteful to me	Total	42	17 (40)	16 (38)	7 (17)	1 (2)	1 (2)	0.20
	Northwestern	27	12 (44)	7 (26)	6 (22)	1 (4)	1 (4)
	Johns Hopkins	15	5 (33)	9 (60)	1 (7)	0 (0)	0 (0)

For understanding participant attitudes from the post-focus group survey, agree and strongly agree were combined for general favorability.

^a N refers to number of respondents to each question.

^b p-value measured for differences between research sites; missing data was treated as a separate variable.