SynthesisCritical care (London, England)2019
Interventions aimed at healthcare professionals to increase the number of organ donors: a systematic review.
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- Nurse Specialist in the Organ and Tissue Donation Process with Coordination Role: A Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Review
- Promoting and Supporting Positive Conversations and Knowledge Mobilisation About Organ Donation in NHS Staff: a Hashtag "#" Series of Projects.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Article
- Tensions between end-of-life care and organ donation in controlled donation after circulatory death: ICU healthcare professionals experiences.BMC medical ethics · 2024Observational
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- Developing online communication training to request donation for vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA): improving performance to match new US organ donation targets.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Outcome analysis of brain-death referral to NOD-Lb: A retrospective chart review of a single hospital experience over 3 years.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Impact of Early Brain-Dead Donor Detection in the Emergency Department on the Organ Donation Process in Iran.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2024Article
- Eye donation in hospice and hospital palliative care settings: perceptions, practice, and service development needs - findings from a national survey.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- Attitudes That Might Impact upon Donation after Brain Death in Intensive Care Unit Settings: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Nurse knowledge and attitudes towards organ donation and deemed consent: the Human Organ and Tissue Donation Act in Nova Scotia.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2023Article
- Organ Donation From Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation at the Time of Death.Critical care explorations · 2022Article
- Short Report: Evaluating the Effects of Automated Donor Referral Technology on Deceased Donor Referrals.Transplantation direct · 2022Article
- Analysis of content and online public responses to media articles that raise awareness of the opt-out system of consent to organ donation in England.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- A Randomized Trial of Theory-Informed Appeals for Organ Donor Registration Using Internet Advertisements.Kidney international reports · 2020Article
- Knowledge Does Not Correlate with Behavior toward Deceased Organ Donation: A Cross-Sectional Study in Japan.Annals of transplantation · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe last decade, there have been many initiatives worldwide to increase the number of organ donors. However, it is not clear which initiatives are most effective. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of interventions aimed at healthcare professionals in order to increase the number of organ donors.
methodsWe systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Library for English language studies published until April 24, 2019. We included studies describing interventions in hospitals aimed at healthcare professionals who are involved in the identification, referral, and care of a family of potential organ donors. After the title abstract and full-text selection, two reviewers independently assessed each study's quality and extracted data.
resultsFrom the 18,854 records initially extracted from five databases, we included 22 studies in our review. Of these 22 studies, 14 showed statistically significant effects on identification rate, family consent rate, and/or donation rate. Interventions that positively influenced one or more of these outcomes were training of emergency personnel in organ donation, an electronic support system to identify and/or refer potential donors, a collaborative care pathway, donation request by a trained professional, and additional family support in the ICU by a trained nurse. The methodological quality of the studies was relatively low, mainly because of the study designs.
conclusionsAlthough there is paucity of data, collaborative care pathways, training of healthcare professionals and additional support for relatives of potential donors seem to be promising interventions to increase the number of organ donors.
trial registrationPROSPERO, CRD42018068185.
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