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Biobanking from the patient perspective

Overview of attention for article published in Research Involvement and Engagement, June 2015
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Title
Biobanking from the patient perspective
Published in
Research Involvement and Engagement, June 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40900-015-0001-z
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Authors

Derick Mitchell, Jan Geissler, Alison Parry-Jones, Hans Keulen, Doris C. Schmitt, Rosaria Vavassori, Balwir Matharoo-Ball

Abstract

Biobanks are collections of donations of biological material (DNA, cells, tissue etc.) and related data which are very valuable for research into human diseases. A variety of biobanks exist for example within hospitals, research institutes, pharmaceutical companies and patient organisations. The role of patients in biobanking is changing from being seen simply as donors, to actual collaborators in the design, development and the running of biobanks. In this article, we provide a number of examples of patients acting as partners at the heart of biobanking, where their voice and perspective is being seen and used as a valuable resource for the biobank. Our aim is that these examples can be used by those who work with patients in biobank-based research, to design future strategies for patient and public involvement in all biobanks. Biobanks and biobanking research plays an increasingly important role in healthcare research and delivery as health systems become more patient-centred and medicine becomes more personalised. There is also growing acceptance and appreciation of the value that patients, patient advocacy organisations and the public can bring as stakeholders in biobanking and more generally in research. Therefore, the importance of active, early and sustained engagement and involvement of patient and public representatives in biobanks will become increasingly relevant. Organising and facilitating patient and public involvement in biobanking takes considerable time and effort for all stakeholders involved. Therefore, for any biobank operator considering involving patients and the public in their biobanking activities, consideration of best practices, current guidance, ethical issues and evaluation of involvement will be important. In this article, we demonstrate that patients are much more than donors to biobanks-they are collaborators at the heart of biobanking with an important voice to identify perspective, which can be an extremely valuable resource for all biobanks to utilise. The case studies herein provide examples of good practice of patient involvement in biobanking as well as outcomes from these practices, and lessons learned. Our aim is to provide useful insights from these efforts and potential future strategies for the multiple stakeholders that work with patients and the public involved in biobank-based research.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 107 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 21 19%
Student > Master 17 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 15%
Other 8 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 5%
Other 19 17%
Unknown 23 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 26 24%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 10%
Social Sciences 10 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 8%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 4%
Other 23 21%
Unknown 26 24%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 January 2018.
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#2,935,901
of 22,817,213 outputs
Outputs from Research Involvement and Engagement
#235
of 385 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#39,190
of 263,871 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Research Involvement and Engagement
#8
of 8 outputs
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