Table 7.

Trust toward biobanking institutions

	Definitely not	Rather not	I do not know	Rather yes	Definitely yes	Median (IQR)	p	Rank-biserial correlation	95% CI for Rank-biserial correlation
									Lower	Upper
Would you donate the sample of your biological material to research to
Medical university
Religious students (RS)	9	21	17	197	212	4 (4–5)	< 0.001	0.165	0.103	0.226
Nonreligious students (NRS)	4	28	20	348	644	5 (4–5)
Public clinical hospital
RS	16	68	28	216	128	4 (4–5)	< 0.001	0.099	0.036	0.161
NRS	19	126	53	475	371	4 (4–5)
Private clinical hospital
RS	23	83	29	220	101	4 (3–4)	< 0.01	0.078	0.015	0.141
NRS	35	160	62	503	284	4 (4–5)
Polish biobank
RS	17	39	35	265	100	4 (4–4)	< 0.05	0.073	0.009	0.136
NRS	25	93	69	555	302	4 (4–5)
Foreign biobank
RS	47	118	40	185	66	4 (2–4)	< 0.001	0.198	0.137	0.259
NRS	33	176	112	484	239	4 (3–4)
Private biobank
RS	50	116	53	183	54	4 (2–4)	< 0.001	0.105	0.041	0.167
NRS	67	234	133	433	177	4 (2–4)
Public biobank
RS	31	86	54	223	62	4 (2–4)	< 0.001	0.136	0.073	0.198
NRS	29	134	125	556	200	4 (3–4)
Polish pharmaceutical company
RS	61	122	47	177	49	3 (2–4)	< 0.01	0.094	0.030	0.156
NRS	95	226	140	448	135	4 (2–4)
Foreign pharmaceutical company
RS	87	143	49	133	44	2 (2–4)	< 0.001	0.157	0.095	0.219
NRS	113	264	146	390	131	3 (2–4)
Would you donate to a biobank if your biological samples would be accessible to:
Only researchers from the institution one donated to
RS	4	6	10	162	274	5 (4–5)	< 0.001	0.137	0.074	0.199
NRS	4	5	10	259	766	5 (4–5)
Researchers from domestic scientific institutions
RS	11	34	20	242	149	4 (4–5)	< 0.001	0.128	0.065	0.190
NRS	7	73	25	477	462	4 (4–5)
Researchers from domestic commercial companies, including pharmaceutical industry
RS	72	161	37	139	47	2 (2–4)	< 0.01	0.082	0.018	0.145
NRS	138	311	102	363	130	3 (2–4)
Researchers from foreign scientific institutions
RS	38	57	28	233	100	4 (3–4)	< 0.001	0.236	0.175	0.295
NRS	28	70	45	491	410	4 (4–5)
Researchers from foreign commercial companies, including pharmaceutical industry
RS	100	166	38	117	35	2 (2–4)	< 0.001	0.146	0.083	0.207
NRS	159	322	103	332	128	3 (2–4)
Polish and foreign insurance companies
RS	207	176	31	30	12	2 (1–2)	ns	0.028	− 0.036	0.091
NRS	467	370	83	81	43	2 (1–2)
Government institutions
RS	208	149	42	48	9	2 (1–2)	< 0.01	− 0.079	− 0.142	− 0.016
NRS	556	301	78	82	27	1 (1–2)
Police
RS	178	133	53	78	14	2 (1–3)	< 0.01	− 0.086	− 0.149	− 0.023
NRS	481	301	86	151	25	2 (1–3)
When should a research biobank ask the donor for permission to use one’s samples?
Before every new research
RS	13	59	8	113	263	5 (4–5)	< 0.001	− 0.169	− 0.230	− 0.106
NRS	51	218	53	266	456	4 (2–5)
If a new research differs from the original
RS	10	32	5	118	291	5 (4–5)	< 0.001	− 0.108	− 0.171	− 0.045
NRS	31	107	34	308	564	5 (4–5)
If it is going to be used by researchers outside the institution one donated to
RS	4	16	7	77	352	5 (5–5)	< 0.01	− 0.072	− 0.135	− 0.009
NRS	18	67	16	207	736	5 (4–5)
If it is going to be used by foreign institutions
RS	3	19	7	87	340	5 (4–5)	< 0.001	− 0.124	− 0.186	− 0.061
NRS	21	103	22	235	663	5 (4–5)
Does not have to ask if the doner consent while donating
RS	205	99	25	70	57	2 (1–4)	< 0.01	0.098	0.035	0.161
NRS	362	253	110	178	141	2 (1–4)

The statistically significant results are given in boldface

ns statistically not significant