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Table 4 Distribution of answers given by 430 patients to the questionnaire investigating their knowledge about biobanks after being enrolled in CRO-Biobank and undergoing its multisource informed consent process, according to education; 2009-2011

From: An effective multisource informed consent procedure for research and clinical practice: an observational study of patient understanding and awareness of their roles as research stakeholders in a cancer biobank

 

Education

  
 

Grammar school (n = 97)

Middle school (n = 127)

High school/university (n = 203)

Totala

P value

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

Did you donate biological material to CRO-Biobank?

     

 No

8 (8.5)

6 (4.8)

5 (2.5)

19 (4.6)

 

 Yes

86 (91.5)

119 (95.2)

194 (97.5)

399 (95.5)

0.07

Do you know what is stored in a biobank?

     

 Biological material

85 (96.6)

117 (100.0)

193 (99.5)

395 (99.0)

 

 Clinical records/scientific books

3 (3.4)

–

1 (0.5)

4 (1.0)

0.03

Do you know the end use of the CRO-Biobank material?

     

 Cancer research and care

92 (100.0)

118 (100.0)

199 (99.5)

409 (99.8)

 

 Informative/economic purpose

–

–

1 (0.5)

1 (0.2)

0.59

  1. a The sum does not add up to the total because of missing values.