What Motivates People to Donate their Organs?
A new study has shown that willingness to consider living organ donation is higher than expected, with 53% of people willing to donate part of their liver to a loved one and 22% willing to donate to a stranger.
The study, done by the found that participants were more willing to donate to someone with an immune disorder than someone with alcohol-related liver disease, to an infant than an adult, to a relative than a non-relative, and to a sibling with alcohol-related liver disease than a non-relative.
The study also found that altruism scores were higher for participants willing to consider becoming an anonymous living donor.
The study's authors say that their findings could help to increase the number of organs available for transplant.
Above: Four Most Motivating Factors that Survey Participants Named When Considering Living Organ Donation
Key Findings
- Willingness to consider living organ donation was higher than expected, with 53% of people willing to donate part of their liver to a loved one and 22% willing to donate to a stranger.
- Participants were more willing to donate to someone with an immune disorder than someone with alcohol-related liver disease, to an infant than an adult, to a relative than a non-relative, and to a sibling with alcohol-related liver disease than a non-relative.
- Altruism scores were higher for participants willing to consider becoming an anonymous living donor.
Study:
Naibauer, S., Branagan, T., Mikulich-Gilbertson, S., Lehto, S., & Davis, R. A. (2024). Perspectives on Living Organ Donation. The Psychiatry Undergraduate Research Program and Learning Experience (PURPLE), Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
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