Effects of an education program on intensive care unit nurses' attitudes and behavioural intentions to advocate deceased donor organ donation.
Lin LM, Lin CC, Chen CL, et al.Transplant Proc. 2014; 46(4):1036-40.
Aims
To evaluate the effects of a Theory of Planned Behaviour education program on intensive care unit (ICU) nurses attitudes and behavioural intentions to advocate deceased organ donation.
Interventions
Participants in the educational program group viewed videos of organ donation promotion, the journey of organ transplant recipients and aimed to encourage the nurses to reflect on the significance of organ donation. The control group received an organ donation promotion brochure which included the significance and importance of organ donation.
Participants
138 ICU nurses.
Outcomes
The attitude and behaviour intention advocating organ donation which was performed by a questionnaire and predicting factors influencing attitude and behaviour intention of organ donation advocacy.
Follow-up
2 months.
CET Conclusions
This low quality Chinese trial report presents the impact of a ‘Theory of Planned Behaviour’ based education programme on attitude and behaviour changes regarding the promotion of organ donation in ICU nurses. Nurses in the control group were given a brochure on the promotion of organ donation. The experimental group also followed an education programme which consisted of videos on organ donation and perspectives from both the recipients and donor families with the aim to promote a positive attitude towards organ donation. Effect of training was measured using a questionnaire for which not much detail was provided in the paper, however the data presented indicate that the experimental education programme was successful in significantly changing the nurses’ attitudes and behaviour intentions regarding organ donation up to 2 months after the education programme.
Data analysis
Per protocol analysis
Trial registration
Not reported.