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Table 2 Changes in prodonation items and scale from t0 to t1

From: Effects of humorous interventions on the willingness to donate organs: a quasi-experimental study in the context of medical cabaret

 

Organ donation is meaningful, because...

t0

t1

Parametric tests

M

SD

M

SD

Mdiff

t

p-valuea

Cohen’s d

I1

… it helps other people in need of organs.

5.70

0.83

5.71

0.63

0.01

−0.25

0.805

0.01

… it gives meaning to my death.

3.44

1.64

3.70

1.58

0.26

−3.29

0.001

0.19

… I do not need my organs after death.

5.02

1.23

5.29

0.99

0.27

−3.95

< 0.001

0.21

… I would be glad to receive an organ myself when needed.

5.52

0.96

5.63

0.76

0.11

−1.83

0.068

0.10

… many people are currently waiting for an organ and their life depends on an organ transplantation.

5.58

0.89

5.57

0.70

−0.01

0.17

0.863

−0.01

Prodonation scale

21.84

3.23

22.19

2.45

−0.35

0.02

0.065

0.10

I2

… it helps other people in need of organs.

5.69

0.71

5.58

0.87

−0.11

2.40

0.017

−0.15

… it gives meaning to my death.

3.43

1.76

3.61

1.67

0.18

−2.21

0.028

0.12

… I do not need my organs after death.

5.28

1.05

5.34

0.99

0.06

−1.25

0.214

0.06

… I would be glad to receive an organ myself when needed.

5.56

0.87

5.46

0.99

−0.10

2.11

0.036

−0.13

… many people are currently waiting for an organ and their life depends on an organ transplantation.

5.59

0.73

5.52

0.84

−0.07

1.58

0.116

−0.09

Prodonation scale

22.21

2.64

21.97

3.18

0.24

1.60

0.110

−0.10

C

… it helps other people in need of organs.

5.66

0.80

5.64

0.689

−0.02

0.43

0.669

−0.02

… it gives meaning to my death.

3.49

1.64

3.66

1.559

0.18

−1.90

0.059

0.11

… I do not need my organs after death.

5.23

1.17

5.26

0.948

0.03

−0.49

0.622

0.03

… I would be glad to receive an organ myself when needed.

5.56

0.92

5.58

0.779

0.02

−0.39

0.694

0.02

… many people are currently waiting for an organ and their life depends on an organ transplantation.

5.62

0.85

5.51

0.726

−0.11

1.97

0.050

−0.11

Prodonation scale

22.14

3.11

22.00

2.44

0.14

0.79

0.431

−0.04

  1. a p-values based on t-test for paired samples