title: Factors Influencing Dental Patient Participation in Biobanking and Biomedical Research.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the willingness of dental patients to donate biospecimens for research purpose and to examine factors that may influence such a decision.
  
  
  METHODS
  A face-to-face interview was conducted using a pretested structured survey instrument on 408 adult dental patients attending a university hospital for dental care. Descriptive statistics were generated, and the x03C7;2 test was used to examine differences between groups. p values ≤0.5 were considered statistically significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 408 participants, only 71 (17.4%) had heard of the terms biobanking/biospecimens, but 293 (71.9%) approved of the idea of using biospecimens for biomedical research, and 228 (55.9%) were willing to donate biospecimens and give personal information for research purposes. In participants who were unwilling to participate in biobanking, fear of information leakage was the most frequently reported reason, while in participants who were willing to donate biospecimens, the potential to provide more effective and less costly treatments was the most frequently reported reason. The preferences of the 228 participants who were willing to donate biospecimens were as follows: give a sample of removed oral tissues including extracted teeth (n = 105, 46.1%), donate a blood sample (n = 52, 23%), donate a sample of saliva (n = 43, 18.6%), and give a urine sample (n = 28, 12.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dental patients had a generally positive attitude towards biomedical research and biobanking. The most preferred types of biospecimens to donate in a dental setting were removed tissues, including extracted teeth and blood samples.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Yazan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hassona
authors.forename: Mamoun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahram
authors.forename: Noorah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Odeh
authors.forename: Mais
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abu Gosh
authors.forename: Crispian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scully
mesh_terms: D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D035843:Biomedical Research; D003219:Confidentiality; D003796:Dental Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement