Table 2 Parents’ support on different secondary use of their child’s rDBS
From: The view of Hong Kong parents on secondary use of dried blood spots in newborn screening program
Absolutely Support | Support | Neutral | Not support | Absolutely Not support | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
• To check the results of newborn screening | 51% | 34% | 14% | 1.0% | 0.3% |
• Quality control and development of the screening tests | 45% | 36% | 18% | 0.9% | 0.4% |
• Research on inborn diseases of metabolism | 54% | 33% | 13% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
• Medical/health research and related policy | 43% | 32% | 22% | 3% | 1.1% |
• To identify victims of fire or natural disasters | 38% | 30% | 24% | 4.4% | 2.8% |
• To help trace suspects of serious crimes | 29% | 22% | 30% | 8.9% | 9.0% |