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Promoting deceased organ and tissue donation registration in family physician waiting rooms (RegisterNow-1 trial): study protocol for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster randomized controlled registry.

Alvin H Li, Amit X Garg, Versha Prakash, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Monica Taljaard, Joanna Mitchell, Danny Matti, Stefanie Linklater, Kyla L Naylor, Stephanie Dixon and 9 more

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Article in Trials, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03213171 (Promoting Organ and Tissue Donation Registration in Family Physician Offices), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03213171 nacompletednot on this map

Promoting Organ and Tissue Donation Registration in Family Physician Offices: a Pragmatic Stepped-wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Registry Trial (RegisterNow Trial)

TypeinterventionalSponsorLondon Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph'sRan2017 to 2019Enrolled6ConditionsOrgan Donation, Registration for Deceased Organ DonationArmsReception staff providing handout., Mobile Tablet (e.g. iPad)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interventions for increasing solid organ donor registration.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 10 institutions in 2 countries.

Alvin H LiClinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. alvin.li@lhsc.on.ca.
Amit X GargLawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada.
Versha PrakashTrillium Gift of Life Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jeremy M GrimshawClinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Monica TaljaardClinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Joanna MitchellInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Toronto, ON, Canada.
Danny MattiLawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada.
Stefanie LinklaterClinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Kyla L NaylorInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Toronto, ON, Canada.
Stephanie DixonLawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada.
Cathy FauldsDepartment of Family Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Rachel BevanDepartment of Family Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Leah GetchellInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Toronto, ON, Canada.
Greg KnollClinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
S Joseph KimUniversity Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jessica SontropInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Toronto, ON, Canada.
Lise M BjerreSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Allison TongSydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Justin PresseauClinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Western University · CAInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences · CAOttawa Hospital · CALawson Health Research Institute · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CAOttawa Hospital Research InstituteTrillium Therapeutics (Canada) · CAUniversity Health Network · CAUniversity of Sydney · AUUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Canadian Institute for Health Research SCT-151609
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is a worldwide shortage of organs available for transplant, leading to preventable mortality associated with end-stage organ disease. While most citizens in many countries with an intent-to-donate "opt-in" system support organ donation, registration rates remain low. In Canada, most Canadians support organ donation but less than 25% in most provinces have registered their desire to donate their organs when they die. The family physician office is a promising yet underused setting in which to promote organ donor registration and address known barriers and enablers to registering for deceased organ and tissue donation. We developed a protocol to evaluate an intervention to promote registration for organ and tissue donation in family physician waiting rooms. METHODS/

designThis protocol describes a planned, stepped-wedge, cluster randomized registry trial in six family physician offices in Ontario, Canada to evaluate the effectiveness of reception staff providing patients with a pamphlet that addresses barriers and enablers to registration including a description of how to register for organ donation. An Internet-enabled tablet will also be provided in waiting rooms so that interested patients can register while waiting for their appointments. Family physicians and reception staff will be provided with training and/or materials to support any conversations about organ donation with their patients. Following a 2-week control period, the six offices will cross sequentially into the intervention arm in randomized sequence at 2-week intervals until all offices deliver the intervention. The primary outcome will be the proportion of patients visiting the office who are registered organ donors 7 days following their office visit. We will evaluate this outcome using routinely collected registry data from provincial administrative databases. A post-trial qualitative evaluation process will assess the experiences of reception staff and family physicians with the intervention and the stepped-wedge trial design. DISCUSSION: Promoting registration for organ donation in family physician offices is a potentially useful strategy for increasing registration for organ donation. Increased registration may ultimately help to increase the number of organs available for transplant. The results of this trial will provide important preliminary data on the effectiveness of using family physician offices to promote registration for organ donation.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT03213171 . Registered on 11 July 2017.

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Pragmatic Clinical Trials as TopicRegistriesHumansPhysicians, FamilyResearch DesignSample SizeTissue and Organ ProcurementBehavior changeCluster randomized trialOrgan and tissue donationOrgan and tissue donor registrationProtocolStepped-wedge trial

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PMID29268758
PMCPMC5740738
OpenAlexW2779606936

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