Public preferences towards data management and governance in Swiss biobanks: results from a nationwide survey.

Brall, Caroline; Berlin, Claudia; Zwahlen, Marcel; Vayena, Effy; Egger, Matthias; Ormond, Kelly E (2022). Public preferences towards data management and governance in Swiss biobanks: results from a nationwide survey. BMJ open, 12(8), e060844. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060844

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OBJECTIVES

This article aims to measure the willingness of the Swiss public to participate in personalised health research, and their preferences regarding data management and governance.

SETTING

Results are presented from a nationwide survey of members of the Swiss public.

PARTICIPANTS

15 106 randomly selected Swiss residents received the survey in September 2019. The response rate was 34.1% (n=5156). Respondent age ranged from 18 to 79 years, with fairly uniform spread across sex and age categories between 25 and 64 years.

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES

Willingness to participate in personalised health research and opinions regarding data management and governance.

RESULTS

Most respondents preferred to be contacted and reconsented for each new project using their data (39%, 95% CI: 37.4% to 40.7%), or stated that their preference depends on the project type (29.4%, 95% CI: 27.9% to 31%). Additionally, a majority (52%, 95% CI: 50.3% to 53.8%) preferred their data or samples be stored anonymously or in coded form (43.4%, 95% CI: 41.7% to 45.1%). Of those who preferred that their data be anonymised, most also indicated a wish to be recontacted for each new project (36.8%, 95% CI: 34.5% to 39.2%); however, these preferences are in conflict. Most respondents desired to personally own their data. Finally, most Swiss respondents trust their doctors, along with researchers at universities, to protect their data.

CONCLUSION

Insight into public preference can enable Swiss biobanks and research institutions to create management and governance strategies that match the expectations and preferences of potential participants. Models allowing participants to choose how to interact with the process, while more complex, may increase individual willingness to provide data to biobanks.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

UniBE Contributor:

Berlin, Claudia, Zwahlen, Marcel, Egger, Matthias

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

2044-6055

Publisher:

BMJ Publishing Group

Funders:

[4] Swiss National Science Foundation

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

29 Aug 2022 11:56

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:23

Publisher DOI:

10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060844

PubMed ID:

36028266

Uncontrolled Keywords:

health policy information management public health

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/172396

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/172396

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