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Table 6 Summary of identified themes from open text box responses of participant concerns

From: Sharing genomic data from clinical testing with researchers: public survey of expectations of clinical genomic data management in Queensland, Australia

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)

  1. 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)