Table 4.
Respondents attitudes toward biobanking
| Religious students | Ambivalent/nonreligious students | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Have your ever heard about research biobanks? | ns | ||
| Yes | 334 (73.2) | 774 (74.1) | |
| No | 122 (26.8) | 270 (25.9) | |
| What are your impressions when you hear a word “biobank”? | < 0.00001 | ||
| Positive | 164 (35.9) | 567 (54.3) | |
| Negative | 14 (3.1) | 7 (0.7) | |
| Mixed, both positive and negative | 165 (36.2) | 195 (18.7) | |
| I do not know, it is irrelevant to me | 113 (27.8) | 275 (26.3) | |
| Is there any research biobank in Poland? | ns | ||
| Yes | 164 (36) | 363 (34.8) | |
| No | 2 (0.4) | 6 (0.6) | |
| I don’t know | 290 (64.6) | 675 (64.6) | |
| Should a biobank for research purposes be established in Poland? | < 0.00001 | ||
| Definitely yes | 137 (30.1) | 507 (48.6) | |
| Rather yes | 214 (46.9) | 433 (41.5) | |
| Rather no | 22 (4.8) | 10 (0.9) | |
| Definitely no | 5 (1.1) | 0 (0) | |
| It is irrelevant to me | 22 (4.8) | 37 (3.5) | |
| I do not know | 56 (12.3) | 57 (5.5) | |
| What would be your primary motivation for donating your biological material to a research biobank? | < 0.00001 | ||
| To benefit society and future generations | 34 (7.4) | 43 (4.1) | |
| Progress in science, helping in generating new knowledge and development of therapies for various diseases | 288 (63.2) | 781 (74.8) | |
| To benefit my family, relatives, and mine own | 65 (14.3) | 72 (6.9) | |
| The desire to receive medical treatment/service, i.e., medical check-up or information about the research results | 4 (0.9) | 5 (0.5) | |
| The desire to know my health status | 49 (10.7) | 112 (10.7) | |
| To establishing good relations with healthcare workers | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| The desire to receive financial gratification | 4 (0.9) | 14 (1.3) | |
| No answer | 12 (2.6) | 17 (1.6) | |
| What would you expect in exchange of donation samples of your biological material to a research biobank? | < 0.05 | ||
| Acknowledgments | 12 (2.6) | 16 (1.5) | |
| Results | 86 (18.9) | 163 (15.6) | |
| Personal health information (detection of disease or genetic predispositions) | 318 (69.7) | 805 (77.1) | |
| Financial gratification | 18 (4) | 35 (3.4) | |
| Nothing | 22 (4.8) | 25 (2.4) | |
The statistically significant results are given in boldface
ns statistically not significant