Table 3. Results.
Patient representative | Biobank administrator | Paediatrician | Paediatrician/researcher | Clinical geneticist | Physician, researcher, REC | Expert (legal/ethical) | Total, n=17 | |||
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Yes | No | Unknown | ||||||||
1. Informed consent | ||||||||||
Explicit consent | ||||||||||
Yes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||
No (opt-out) | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
Unknown | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Broad research goals | ||||||||||
Yes | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||
No (disorder-specific) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Unknown | 0 | |||||||||
Specific age thresholds (years) | ||||||||||
12–16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Total 12–16: 3 | ||||||
12–18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | Total 12–18: 13 | |||
14/15 | 1 | Total 14/15: 1 | ||||||||
Ongoing obligation to inform | ||||||||||
Yes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | ||
No | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Unknown | 0 | |||||||||
Re-consent | ||||||||||
Yes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||
Unknown | 0 | |||||||||
2. Individual research findings | ||||||||||
Disclosure actionable findings | ||||||||||
Yes | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | ||
No | 0 | |||||||||
Unknown | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Disclosure actionable findings with relevance to family | ||||||||||
Yes | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
No | 0 | |||||||||
Unknown | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
Disclosure of late-onset findings | ||||||||||
Yes | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
No | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |||
Unknown | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Advise REC or colleague | ||||||||||
Yes | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
No | 0 | |||||||||
Unknown | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||
Parental right (not) to know | ||||||||||
Yes | 0 | |||||||||
No | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||
Unknown | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||
Age threshold child's right (not) to know (years) | ||||||||||
12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Total 12 years: 4 | ||||||
16/18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Total 16/18 years: 11 | |||
Unknown | 1 | 1 | Total unknown: 2 |