Attitudes of blood donors to their sample and data donation for biobanking.

ABSTRACT: Modern biomedical and genetic studies require large study cohorts; blood donors have been suggested to represent an appropriate group for recruiting healthy cohorts. The Blood Service Biobank (BSB) in Finland was recently established to recruit blood donors willing to give broad biobank consent. The aim of the present study is to understand how the blood bank context influences views on donating samples and health data. We organised 61 interviews and 10 group discussions with current and potential blood donors. Using qualitative content analysis, we identified three discussion frameworks that summarise the results. We found that frequent blood donors associated the voluntary act of donation with caring for patients. The blood donation experience was considered to accommodate biobank partic

SUBMITTER: Raivola V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6871534 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature