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Table 3 Changes in antidonation 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

 

Fears and caveats

t0

t1

Parametric tests

M

SD

M

SD

Mdiff

t

p-valuea

Cohen’s d

I1

I feel unsuitable for donating organs.

1.98

1.21

2.18

1.30

0.19

−2.94

0.003

0.18

Organ donation disfigures the body.

1.93

1.11

1.97

1.09

0.05

−0.86

0.393

0.04

I am afraid that the hospital staff will not work as hard to save my life when I have an organ donor card.

2.51

1.40

2.39

1.32

−0.12

1.94

0.053

−0.11

I am afraid of misuse related to donated organs.

2.88

1.45

2.71

1.30

−0.18

2.79

0.006

−0.15

I am worried that I am not really dead when organs are removed.

2.76

1.62

2.40

1.42

−0.35

5.42

< 0.001

−0.30

In my opinion, brain death is not the death of a human.

2.38

1.36

2.22

1.34

−0.16

2.08

0.039

−0.13

I do not want to be confronted with topics related to death.

2.05

1.21

2.19

1.19

0.15

−2.27

0.024

0.12

If there is a life after death, maybe I need all my organs for it.

1.47

0.82

1.47

0.75

0.00

0.11

0.915

0.00

Antidonation scale

15.91

6.01

15.31

5.74

0.60

2.73

0.007

−0.16

I2

I feel unsuitable for donating organs.

2.13

1.43

2.20

1.40

0.07

−1.03

0.304

0.06

Organ donation disfigures the body.

1.82

1.19

1.93

1.14

0.11

−2.06

0.040

0.11

I am afraid that the hospital staff will not work as hard to save my life when I have an organ donor card.

2.32

1.41

2.23

1.28

−0.09

1.60

0.110

−0.08

I am afraid of misuse related to donated organs.

2.88

1.47

2.76

1.39

−0.12

1.95

0.052

−0.10

I am worried that I am not really dead when organs are removed.

2.60

1.61

2.38

1.44

−0.22

3.96

< 0.001

−0.20

In my opinion, brain death is not the death of a human.

2.27

1.46

2.13

1.29

−0.14

1.90

0.058

−0.10

I do not want to be confronted with topics related to death.

2.03

1.30

2.23

1.32

0.20

−3.31

0.001

0.18

If there is a life after death, maybe I need all my organs for it.

1.52

0.98

1.49

0.90

−0.03

0.47

0.639

− 0.03

Antidonation scale

15.31

6.61

15.08

6.39

0.23

1.01

0.315

−0.06

C

I feel unsuitable for donating organs.

1.96

1.28

2.14

1.30

0.18

−2.88

0.004

0.18

Organ donation disfigures the body.

1.73

1.05

1.94

1.10

0.21

−3.61

< 0.001

0.22

I am afraid that the hospital staff will not work as hard to save my life when I have an organ donor card.

2.55

1.47

2.51

1.38

−0.04

0.54

0.587

−0.04

I am afraid of misuse related to donated organs.

3.01

1.48

2.94

1.41

−0.07

1.03

0.304

−0.06

I am worried that I am not really dead when organs are removed.

2.83

1.63

2.74

1.44

−0.09

1.37

0.171

−0.08

In my opinion, brain death is not the death of a human.

2.21

1.35

2.35

1.31

0.14

−2.00

0.047

0.12

I do not want to be confronted with topics related to death.

2.08

1.31

2.26

1.36

0.18

−2.66

0.008

0.17

If there is a life after death, maybe I need all my organs for it.

1.40

0.75

1.49

0.77

0.09

−1.85

0.066

0.11

Antidonation scale

15.74

6.00

16.17

6.18

−0.43

−2.05

0.041

0.13

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