Public awareness of and attitudes towards research biobanks in Latvia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public awareness and engagement are among the main prerequisites for protecting the rights of research participants and for successful and sustainable functioning of research biobanks. The aim of our study was to analyse public awareness and attitudes towards research biobanks in Latvia, and to compare these data with the results of the 2010 Eurobarometer study. We also analysed the influence of awareness and attitudes towards biobanks on willingness to participate in biobank studies and on preferred type of informed consent.

Methods

We developed a 12-question survey repeating seven questions about biobanks from the 2010 Eurobarometer questionnaire and adding five others. After describing the study variables, we performed a two-stage analysis of the results. In th

SUBMITTER: Mezinska S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7393882 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature