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. 2022 Apr 28;17(4):e0267552. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267552

Table 3. Storage, analysis, and sharing of bio-samples among researchers in Jordan N (%), Crosstab analysis.

Questions Sub-category Gender Number of Publications in International Journals Employment Sector Specialty
Male Female P-value <15 15–30 >30 P-Value Governmental Private P-value Biology Health Related P-value
How do you store the subject’s biosamples? Coded 89 (83.2) 66 (82.5) 0.903 97 (81.5) 28 (84.8) 30(85.7) 0.800 102 (84.3) 53 (80.3) 0.488 54(80.6) 101(84.2) 0.543
Using full names 18 (16.8) 14 (17.5) 22 (18.5) 5 (15.2) 5(14.3) 19 (15.7) 13 (19.7) 13(19.4) 19(15.8)
Have you ever shared the collected biosamples with other local researchers? No 35 (31.3) 39 (48.1) 0.017 54 (44.6) 12 (33.3) 8 (22.2) 0.042 55 (44.7) 19 (27.1) 0.016 30(42.9) 44(35.8) 0.330
Yes 77 (68.8) 42 (51.9) 67 (55.4) 24 (66.7) 28 (77.8) 68 (55.3) 51 (72.9) 40(57.1) 79(64.2)
Have you ever shared the collected biosamples with other researchers from outside Jordan? No 53 (46.5) 50 (61.7) 0.036 77 (62.6) 17 (48.6) 9 (24.3) 0.000 65 (52.0) 38 (54.3) 0.759 38(55.1) 65(51.6) 0.641
Yes 61 (53.5) 31 (38.3) 46 (37.4) 18 (51.4) 28 (75.7) 60 (48.0) 32 (45.7) 31(44.9) 61(48.4)
Have you ever sent the collected biosamples to be analyzed outside Jordan? No 58 (50.9) 57 (69.5) 0.009 83 (67.5) 19 (52.8) 13 (35.1) 0.002 70 (55.6) 45 (64.3) 0.234 37(52.9) 78(61.9) 0.218
Yes 56 (49.1) 25 (30.5) 40 (32.5) 17 (47.2) 2 4(64.9) 56 (44.4) 25(35.7) 33(47.1) 48(38.1)
Have you ever reused stored bio-samples in future research projects? No 45 (39.8) 42 (51.2) 0.114 63 (51.6) 12 (33.3) 12 (32.4) 0.039 53 (42.1) 34(49.3) 0.333 31(44.3) 56(44.8) 0.945
Yes 68 (60.2) 40 (48.8) 59 (48.4) 24 (66.7) 25 (67.6) 73 (57.9) 35(50.7) 39(55.7) 69(55.2)
Do you explain the possibility of future re-use of bio-samples in the consent form? No 38 (33.9) 32 (39.0) 0.465 48 (39.7) 12 (33.3) 10 (27.0) 0.348 45 (36.3) 25(35.7) 0.936 29(41.4) 41(33.1) 0.244
Yes 74 (66.1) 50 (61.0) 73 (60.3) 24 (66.7) 27 (73.0) 79 (63.7) 45(64.3) 41(58.6) 83(66.9)
Do you explain the possibility of bio-samples sharing in the consent form? No 47 (42.0) 34 (42.0) 0.999 56 (46.7) 13 (36.1) 12 (32.4) 0.226 53 (42.4) 28(41.2) 0.869 30(42.9) 51(41.5) 0.854
Yes 65 (58.0) 47 (58.0) 64 (53.3) 23 (63.9) 25(67.6) 72(57.6) 40(58.8) 40(57.1) 72(58.5)
Do you explain the possibility of bio-samples analysis outside of Jordan in the consent form? No 51 (45.5) 40 (48.8) 0.655 68 (56.2) 13 (36.1) 10(27.0) 0.003 57(46.0) 34(48.6) 0.727 32(45.7) 59(47.6) 0.802
Yes 61 (54.5) 42 (51.2) 53 (43.8) 23 (63.9) 27(73.0) 67(54.0) 36(51.4) 38(54.3) 65(52.4)