The influence of beliefs on organ donation intention

Abstract

Purpose Recent technological developments in healthcare have enabled an increased number of organ transplantation surgeries. At the same time, there is an increase in the number of people awaiting organ transplant, coupled with the difficulty in donation. To bridge this gap, this study aims to propose to evaluate the effect of three types of beliefs (clinical beliefs, financial incentive beliefs and beliefs on the social benefits of altruism and solidarity) on the intention to donate organs. Moreover, this paper uses the attitudes in relation to donation to explain the effect of these beliefs on the intention to donate organs. Design/methodology/approach The research was conducted using a survey of 422 Brazilian participants and a mediation analysis to test the mediation hypotheses. Findings The results suggest that the effect of three types of beliefs (clinical, economic order and social solidarity) influence the intention to donate organs indirectly through the formation of attitudes concerning organ donation. Research limitations/implications This article contributes to the understanding of the formation of organ donation intentions and the role of different types of beliefs in the formation of such intentions. Originality/value The findings extend the discussions regarding the role of beliefs in the formation of attitudes and intentions of organ donation and have significant value in creating public policies that further promote organ donation.

Intention to Donate Kidney in Indonesia: The Role of Financial Incentive, Perceived Risk, and Altruism

“…Kidney. Study of Morgan and Miller in Pauli et al, (2017), the individual who signed in a donor card have significantly more altruism and stronger social normative support for organ donation. It is also supported by previous literature in blood donation settings, where the finding shows that altruism and people awareness of demand in kidney is considered to be the primary factors that build individual intention to donate their blood.…”

“…Previous literatures have been supporting the significance of attitude to donate in forming people intention to donate organ Horton, 1990, 1991;Pauli et al, 2017). Attitude has a role as the affective base in the formation of individual's evaluation, and predictor of donor's intention which represent future behavior of kidney donation, therefore, the attitude of individual is shaped by behavioral beliefs to adopt a certain act and consequences (negative or positive) over the act (Pauli et al, 2017).…”

“…Further, a survey conducted by New England Organ Bank on Prottas (1983) also presented that majority of respondent has stated that their reason to donate also came from the urges to help other, these results show the important role of altruism in creating the decision to donate kidney. However, a study conducted by Pauli et al, (2017) find that when money is involved there is a decrease in the attitude and intention to become an organ donor, this might answered by the finding from Iajya et al, (2013) where financial incentive may conflict with personal intrinsic motive to play a good act, this is then lead to a reduction in blood donations. Hence, to prove the relationship and influence of altruism between financial incentive and attitude to donate kidney, the study formulates hypothesis the following hypothesis: H4: Altruism weaken the influence of financial incentive to attitude to donate kidney.…”

“…Relationship between Attitude and Intention to Donate Kidney. In accordance to the TPB (Theory of Planned Behavior), attitude refers to an individually formed assessment, a degree of favor and disfavor towards certain behaviors (Ajzen, 1991;Assael, 2001;Pauli et al, 2017). After assessing the behavior as positive or negative, the subject automatically and simultaneously acquires an attitude towards the behavior (Pauli et al, 2017).…”

“…In accordance to the TPB (Theory of Planned Behavior), attitude refers to an individually formed assessment, a degree of favor and disfavor towards certain behaviors (Ajzen, 1991;Assael, 2001;Pauli et al, 2017). After assessing the behavior as positive or negative, the subject automatically and simultaneously acquires an attitude towards the behavior (Pauli et al, 2017). The variable is considered to be essential because the practice of kidney donation itself is highly influenced by personal attitude (Elsafi et al, 2017) and understanding individual attitude toward organ donation is essential to increase the willingness to donate (Pauli et al, 2017).…”