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ArticleEuropean journal of medical genetics2019

Attitudes of publics who are unwilling to donate DNA data for research.

Anna Middleton, Richard Milne, Adrian Thorogood, Erika Kleiderman, Emilia Niemiec, Barbara Prainsack, Lauren Farley, Paul Bevan, Claire Steed, James Smith and 4 more

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Article in European journal of medical genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Anna MiddletonSociety and Ethics Research, Connecting Science, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK; Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: am33@sanger.ac.uk.
Richard MilneSociety and Ethics Research, Connecting Science, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK; Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Adrian ThorogoodCentre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Erika KleidermanCentre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Emilia NiemiecCentre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Barbara PrainsackDepartment of Political Science, University of Vienna, Austria; Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, King's College London, UK.
Lauren FarleySociety and Ethics Research, Connecting Science, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Paul BevanWeb Team, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Claire SteedWeb Team, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK.
James SmithWeb Team, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Danya VearsCenter for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Biomedical Ethics Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Australia.
Jerome AtutornuSociety and Ethics Research, Connecting Science, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK; Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; School of Health Sciences, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, UK.
Heidi C HowardSociety and Ethics Research, Connecting Science, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK; Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Katherine I MorleySociety and Ethics Research, Connecting Science, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Global and Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the use of genetic technology, researchers have the potential to inform medical diagnoses and treatment in actionable ways. Accurate variant interpretation is a necessary condition for the utility of genetic technology to unfold. This relies on the ability to access large genomic datasets so that comparisons can be made between variants of interest. This can only be successful if DNA and medical data are donated by large numbers of people to 'research', including clinical, non-profit and for-profit research initiatives, in order to be accessed by scientists and clinicians worldwide. The objective of the 'Your DNA, Your Say' global survey is to explore public attitudes, values and opinions towards willingness to donate and concerns regarding the donation of one's personal data for use by others. Using a representative sample of 8967 English-speaking publics from the UK, the USA, Canada and Australia, we explore the characteristics of people who are unwilling (n = 1426) to donate their DNA and medical information, together with an exploration of their reasons. Understanding this perspective is important for making sense of the interaction between science and society. It also helps to focus engagement initiatives on the issues of concern to some publics.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeInformation DisseminationRefusal to ParticipateAdultFemaleGenetic PrivacyHuman GeneticsHumansInformed ConsentMaleMiddle Aged

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PMID30476628
PMCPMC6582635

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