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A Randomized Trial of the Early Referral and Request Approach (ERRA) Intervention to Increase Consent to Organ Donation
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Assisted CEaD Condition and Autonomous CEaD Condition for Organ Donation. Completed, enrolled 273 participants across 9 sites.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and generalizability of a communication intervention (Communication Effectively about Donation (CEaD)) for Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) staff requesters and to compare two conditions of delivering the CEaD. The experimental design will test: (1) the overall efficacy of the intervention on timely referral and consent for organ donation and (2) whether a completely autonomous condition (no outside training assistance) is clinically equivalent to the assisted condition (training provided by outside consultants) in terms of the final outcome of consent to donation.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
In the assisted condition, participants use the CEaD training materials supplemented with simulators to practice the communication skills. OPO requesters will be assisted by having the CEaD DVD supplemented through working the scenarios with live simulated patients who will be trained to act out the scenarios with the OPO requesters and provide feedback.
In the autonomous condition, participants view the CEaD training materials on a DVD along with a self-training guide.