Fig. 1

Attitude of participants in Survey 1 (n = 376) towards donation for medical research of a data from EHRs (S1/Q5) and b self-acquired medical data (S1/Q6). S1/Q5: “In the future, your personal health data will likely be stored in a digital health record. Would you agree that these data become available for medical research as a ‘data donation’, free of charge and in compliance with data protection laws, without asking for your permission prior to each use of the data?” S1/Q6: “Would you agree that data collected by yourself (e.g. via medical devices or mobile phones) are made available to medical research as a ‘data donation’, free of charge and in compliance with data protection regulations, without asking for your permission prior to each use of the data?”