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. 2020 Nov 19;21:119. doi: 10.1186/s12910-020-00563-6

Table 6.

Summary of identified themes from open text box responses of participant concerns

Themes of concerns (N = 247) N (%)a
Data security 55 (22.3)
Commercial use or gains 33 (13.4)
Autonomy of choice 27 (10.9)
Consent 25 (10.1)
Implications for self 20 (8.1)
Personal ethics on research type 18 (7.3)
Privacy 16 (6.5)
Access 12 (4.9)
Trust 11 (4.5)
Misuse 10 (4.1)
Family implications 9 (3.6)
Data management 7 (2.8)
Interest in area of research 5 (2.0)
Questionnaire comment 5 (2.0)
Objection to sharing 4 (1.6)
Positive response to sharing 35 (14.2)

a326 identified themes of concern identified from free-text comments of 247 respondents. Percentage calculated from number of participants that provided a text box response to Q14 (N = 247)