2019
DOI: 10.4236/ojepi.2019.93016
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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Support of Health Professionals towards Biobanks in Eastern Morocco

Abstract: Background: Health professionals play a key role in increasing the rate of biobanking participation. Here, we assessed the knowledge and attitude of health professionals in Eastern Morocco towards biobanks and their willingness to recruit patients into biobanks. Methods: A cross-sectional study carried out among health professionals working in various public and private health centers in Eastern Morocco. The data were obtained using a self-administered anonymous questionnaire. Results: 600 health professionals… Show more

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“…Thus, only 32% of the participants were willing to donate their biospecimens for medical research. This result was too low compared to Moroccan health professionals, 82.9% of whom showed a positive attitude towards biospecimen donation [18]. The same study reported that there was no significant association between gender and medical staff's willingness to donate biospecimens, which is not consistent with our results.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 98%
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“…Thus, only 32% of the participants were willing to donate their biospecimens for medical research. This result was too low compared to Moroccan health professionals, 82.9% of whom showed a positive attitude towards biospecimen donation [18]. The same study reported that there was no significant association between gender and medical staff's willingness to donate biospecimens, which is not consistent with our results.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 98%
“…Only 34% of them were aware of biobanks and were not generally inclined to consider participating. This proportion is more in line with the findings of Lhousni et al, where 37.5% of health professionals in Eastern Morocco reported knowing about biobanks [18]. However, the knowledge of our cohort was lower than in a previous study in Côte d'Ivoire, where 56.6% of participants reported acceptable knowledge about biobanking and its role [19].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
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“…The target population was Egyptian physicians currently working in Egypt at different public and private health centers, who work in three governorates representing the three main geographical regions of Egypt; the north (Alexandria governorate), the capital or “the centre” (Cairo governorate), and the south (Assiut governorate). Sample size was determined using the Epi Info 7 software based on the expected probability of positive attitude of health professionals towards biobanking (82.9%) [ 19 ] at a 95% confidence interval, limit of precision of 5%, with a design effect of 1.0. The calculated sample size stood at 218 participants.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We found that our health professionals showed a notable lack of knowledge about biobanks. However, the majority were willing to donate their own biospecimens and supported the recruitment of patients into biobanks [ 69 ]. We have also evaluated the knowledge of our patients and their attitudes towards biobanks and the reasons that motivate them to participate in biobanks.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%