Table 2 Distribution of answers given by patients to the questionnaire investigating their knowledge about biobanks before study participation, according to education; 2009-2011
| Â | Education | Â | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Grammar school (n = 97) | Middle school (n = 127) | High school/university (n = 203) | Totala | P value |
| Â | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | Â |
Were you aware of the existence of biobanks? | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 72 (74.2) | 81 (63.8) | 118 (58.1) | 271 (63.5) |  |
 Yes | 25 (25.8) | 46 (36.2) | 85 (41.9) | 156 (36.5) | 0.03 |
What was the source of information? | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Television |  |  |  |  |  |
  No | 80 (82.5) | 97 (76.4) | 159 (78.3) | 336 (78.7) |  |
  Yes | 17 (17.5) | 30 (23.6) | 44 (21.7) | 92 (21.3) | 0.54 |
 Newspapers/magazines |  |  |  |  |  |
  No | 91 (93.8) | 104 (81.9) | 157 (77.3) | 352 (82.4) |  |
  Yes | 6 (6.2) | 23 (18.1) | 46 (22.7) | 75 (17.6) | 0.002 |
 Internet |  |  |  |  |  |
  No | 96 (99.0) | 120 (94.5) | 183 (90.2) | 399 (93.4) |  |
  Yes | 1 (1.0) | 7 (5.5) | 20 (9.9) | 28 (6.6) | 0.01 |
 CRO b |  |  |  |  |  |
  No | 79 (81.4) | 89 (70.1) | 128 (63.1) | 296 (69.3) |  |
  Yes | 18 (18.6) | 38 (29.9) | 75 (37.0) | 131 (30.7) | 0.005 |
 Other hospitals |  |  |  |  |  |
  No | 93 (95.9) | 125 (98.4) | 189 (93.1) | 407 (95.3) |  |
  Yes | 4 (4.1) | 2 (1.57) | 14 (6.9) | 20 (4.7) | 0.08 |