Home » Surveys » 2020 Organ Donation National Survey 2020 Organ Donation National Survey 11/13/2020 VIEW SURVEY PRESENTATION Questions Also Appears in Do you believe we are making enough progress in medical and health research in the U.S.? 2024 , 2023Q4 , 2023 , 2022Q3 , 2019 , 2017Q2 , 2014Q2 For each of the following sources, please indicate how trustworthy the medical and health information they provide is: GA2023 , 2023Q4 , 2019 What would you say is the single most important health issue facing the nation? 2024Q1 , 2024 , 2023Q4 , 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017Q2 , 2016Q2 Please rate how much you admire each of the following groups of people on a scale of 1 to 4, where 1 means you do not admire them at all, and where 4 means you admire them a great deal. 2023Q4 , 2017Q2 , 2014Q2 What would you say has been the most important achievement in health and medical research in the past 30 years? (choose one) Which of the following would you say invests in most of the research and development behind new medical advances? (choose one) Have you ever looked for information about health or medical topics from any source? The most recent time you looked for information about health or medical topics, where did you go first? (choose one) Organs and tissues can be donated from a person who has died for use in a person who is alive. Prior to this survey, had you ever heard of organ and tissue donation? Organ and tissue donated at death can also be used for research. Prior to this survey, had you ever heard of donating organs and tissues for research? Have you ever sought information about organ and tissue donation, from any source? The most recent time you sought information about organ and tissue donation, where did you go first? (choose one) In general, do you support or oppose the donation of organs and tissue for transplant at death? In general, do you support or oppose the donation of organs and tissue for research at death? Are you registered to be an organ or tissue donor? Is there a particular reason you do not want to have your organs donated for transplant upon your death? If yes, what might that reason be? (Select as many as apply.) Is there a particular reason you do not want to have your organs donated for research upon your death? If yes, what might that reason be? (Select as many as apply.) Which of the following ways, if any, have you indicated your wishes regarding organ or tissue donation? (Select as many as apply.) What types of research would most motivate you to participate in organ and tissue donation? (Select as many as apply.) When someone registers to be a donor, which one of the following best describes what they are registering to do? The current system regarding becoming an organ and tissue donor is based on the idea that people should have to 'opt-in.' Data indicate that while 95% of people support organ and tissue donation, only 50% have registered to be donors. Some people suggest that a system where people would have to 'opt out' would allow more people to become donors in accordance with their wishes. Which statement most closely matches your beliefs? If an opt-out system, also known as presumed consent, were implemented in the United States, would you 'opt out' so that your organs and tissues would NOT be donated? Has anyone close to you received an organ transplant? Has anyone close to you donated organs or tissues for research? Have you or anyone close to you benefitted from a new medical treatment in the last 10 years? Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements on organ and tissue donation: How comfortable would you be with each of the following ways your donated organ and tissue might be used in research:
