Knowledge, Attitude, and Opinions of Egyptian Medical Students Toward Biobanking Issues
Introduction: Biobanking is an emerging concept in Egypt. Medical students represent important future stakeholders in the research community. The objective of this work was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and opinions of Egyptian medical students toward biobanking issues. Methods: We designed a...
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| author | Ahmed S. Abdelhafiz Walaa A. Khairy Merhan A. Fouda Rania M. Labib Eman A. Sultan Hany H. Ziady Douaa M. Sayed |
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| description | Introduction: Biobanking is an emerging concept in Egypt. Medical students represent important future stakeholders in the research community. The objective of this work was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and opinions of Egyptian medical students toward biobanking issues. Methods: We designed a structured survey about these issues, which was communicated online with medical students at three universities in Egypt. Results: A total of 315 of 364 questionnaires were completed. More than half the students have heard the term “biobanking” before. Approximately 77% had a general positive attitude toward the concept of biobanking; however, only 57.7% were willing to participate with their own or family samples. The positive attitude toward donation was significantly higher in participants with negative family history of inherited diseases (p ¼ 0.02). Conclusion: Although some students had limited knowledge of biobanking, they had a positive attitude toward the concept in general. However, this was not reflected in a similar attitude toward donating biospecimens, especially in those with a family history of inherited disease. Moreover, they expressed concerns about data protection and samples sharing with different stakeholders. Taking all these into account, educational activities about biobanking should be given to medical students to fill the knowledge gap on the subject. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-52f781782fcc46908a5a2564024329352022-12-22T02:36:02ZengInnovative Healthcare InstituteInnovations in Digital Health, Diagnostics, and Biomarkers2688-81302021-01-0112334010.36401/IDDB-20-08i2688-8130-1-2-33Knowledge, Attitude, and Opinions of Egyptian Medical Students Toward Biobanking IssuesAhmed S. Abdelhafiz0Walaa A. Khairy1Merhan A. Fouda2Rania M. Labib3Eman A. Sultan4Hany H. Ziady5Douaa M. Sayed61 Department of Clinical pathology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt2 Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt1 Department of Clinical pathology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt3 Research Department, Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357, Cairo, Egypt4 Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt4 Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt5 Department of Clinical pathology, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Assiut, EgyptIntroduction: Biobanking is an emerging concept in Egypt. Medical students represent important future stakeholders in the research community. The objective of this work was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and opinions of Egyptian medical students toward biobanking issues. Methods: We designed a structured survey about these issues, which was communicated online with medical students at three universities in Egypt. Results: A total of 315 of 364 questionnaires were completed. More than half the students have heard the term “biobanking” before. Approximately 77% had a general positive attitude toward the concept of biobanking; however, only 57.7% were willing to participate with their own or family samples. The positive attitude toward donation was significantly higher in participants with negative family history of inherited diseases (p ¼ 0.02). Conclusion: Although some students had limited knowledge of biobanking, they had a positive attitude toward the concept in general. However, this was not reflected in a similar attitude toward donating biospecimens, especially in those with a family history of inherited disease. Moreover, they expressed concerns about data protection and samples sharing with different stakeholders. Taking all these into account, educational activities about biobanking should be given to medical students to fill the knowledge gap on the subject.https://theijpt.org/doi/pdf/10.36401/IDDB-20-08biobankingegyptmedical students |
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| title | Knowledge, Attitude, and Opinions of Egyptian Medical Students Toward Biobanking Issues |
| title_full | Knowledge, Attitude, and Opinions of Egyptian Medical Students Toward Biobanking Issues |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitude, and Opinions of Egyptian Medical Students Toward Biobanking Issues |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitude, and Opinions of Egyptian Medical Students Toward Biobanking Issues |
| title_short | Knowledge, Attitude, and Opinions of Egyptian Medical Students Toward Biobanking Issues |
| title_sort | knowledge attitude and opinions of egyptian medical students toward biobanking issues |
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