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PURPOSE: Biomedical data governance strategies should ensure that data are collected, stored, and used ethically and lawfully. However, research participants' preferences for how data should be governed is least studied. The Diabetes Research on Patient Stratification (DIRECT) project collected substantial amounts of health and genetic information from patients at risk of, and with type II diabetes. We conducted a survey to understand participants' future data governance preferences. Results will inform the postproject data governance strategy. METHODS: A survey was distributed in Denmark, Sweden, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. RESULTS: In total 855 surveys were returned. Ninety-seven percent were supportive of sharing data postproject, and 90% were happy to share data with universities, and 56% with commercial companies. The top three priorities for data sharing were highly secure database, DIRECT researchers to monitor data used by other researchers, and researchers cannot identify participants. Respondents frequently suggested that a postproject Data Access Committee should involve a DIRECT researcher, diabetes clinician, patient representative, and a DIRECT participant. CONCLUSION: Preferences of how data should be governed, and what data could be shared and with whom varied between countries. Researchers are considered as key custodians of participant data. Engaging participants aids in designing governance to support their choices.

Original publication

DOI

10.1038/s41436-018-0299-7

Type

Journal article

Journal

Genet Med

Publication Date

05/2019

Volume

21

Pages

1131 - 1138

Keywords

data governance, data sharing, ethics, patient involvement, type II diabetes, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biomedical Research, Databases, Factual, Denmark, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Ethics, Research, Female, Humans, Information Dissemination, Male, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Patient Participation, Research Personnel, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sweden, United Kingdom