Attitudes of blood and plasma donors towards biobanking for longitudinal health research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood and plasma donations provide a unique opportunity for setting up a biobank. Remainders of donations can be stored together with questionnaire data to allow for longitudinal health research. Insight in the attitude and understanding of potential concerns of donors towards biobanking allows incorporating their perspective in the set-up of biobanks as such.

Methods

In an online survey in July/August 2021 among 409 Dutch donors, we asked about their attitudes towards the collection and storage of remainders of donations, questionnaires, and DNA, and towards the storage period, data sharing and linkage, and feeding back results and outcomes.

Results

The overall attitude of participating donors towards biobanking remainders of donations is very positive wit

SUBMITTER: Joosten KF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12714250 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature