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Lolli L, Gregson W, Pulford A, Kanope T, Lopez E, Di Salvo V. Immediate effects of Ramadan on objective time asleep in male youth football players from the Middle East: an interrupted time-series study. SCI MED FOOTBALL 2024:1-11. [PMID: 38753763 DOI: 10.1080/24733938.2024.2340112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/31/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the abrupt effects of Ramadan onset on actigraphy-based time asleep in male youth Muslim football players. METHODS We adopted a quasi-experimental, interrupted time-series research design and tracked objective time asleep over a minimum of 12 consecutive nights in the two weeks prior to and immediately after Ramadan onset, respectively. Twenty-two, male academy student-athletes (chronological age range: 12.6 to 16.2 years) participated in the study (464 individual observations). Segmented generalized mixed-effects modelling estimated the effects of Ramadan onset on time asleep during the first period of night sleep only. RESULTS Ramadan onset led to an immediate mean reduction of 89 min (95% confidence interval [CI], 54 to 123 min) in time asleep during the first period of night sleep compared to pre-Ramadan sleep patterns. Model-adjusted estimated marginal means for time asleep were ~ 5.7 h (95%CI, 5.1 to 6.2 h) before and ~ 4.2 h (95%CI, 3.6 to 4.7 h) after Ramadan onset. Night sleep interruptions resulting in two or more fragmented periods accounted for 8% (95%CI, 2 to 21%) to 19% (95%, 11 to 29%) of sleep observations before and after Ramadan onset, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The onset of Ramadan determined an abrupt reduction in time asleep of ~ 1 h 30 min in the first period of a night cycle and contributed to additional problems of heterogeneous sleep fragmentation that can impact optimal school learning and youth athlete performance development processes.
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- Lorenzo Lolli
- Football Performance & Science Department, Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Football Performance & Science Department, Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar
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- Football Performance & Science Department, Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar
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- Football Performance & Science Department, Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar
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- Football Performance & Science Department, Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Rome, Italy
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Lolli L, Bonanno D, Lopez E, Di Salvo V. Night-to-night variability of objective sleep outcomes in youth Middle Eastern football players. Sleep Med 2024; 117:193-200. [PMID: 38564918 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2024.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To describe components of night-to-night variation in objective measures of sleep. METHODS We conducted a secondary data analysis of consecutive and chronologically ordered actigraphy-based measurements for time in bed (min), time asleep (min), and wake-after-sleep onset (min). This investigation examined 575 individual night-based measures available for a sub-sample of fifty-two, male youth Middle Eastern football players tracked over a 14-day surveillance period (chronological age range: 12.1 to 16 years). Distinct multivariable-adjusted generalized additive models included each objective sleep outcome measure as dependent variable and disaggregated components of variation for night measurement-by-sleep period interaction, week part (weekday or weekend), and study participant random effects from within-subject night-to-night sleep variation. RESULTS The within-subject standard deviation (SD) of ±98 min (95% confidence interval [CI], 92 to 104 min) for time in bed, ±87 min (95%CI, 82 to 93 min) for time asleep, and ±23 min (95%CI, 22 to 25 min) for wake-after-sleep-onset overwhelmed other sources of variability and accounted for ∼44% to 53% of the overall night-to-night variation. The night measurement-by-fragmented sleep period interaction SD was ±83 min (95%CI, 44 to 156 min) for time in bed, ±67 min (95%CI, 34 to 131 min) for time asleep, and ±15 min (95%CI, 7 to 32 min) for wake-after-sleep-onset that accounted for ∼22% to 32% of each sleep outcome measure overall variability. CONCLUSIONS Substantial random night-to-night within-subject variability poses additional challenges for strategies aiming to mitigate problems of insufficient and inconsistent sleep that are detrimental to school learning and youth athlete development processes.
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- Lorenzo Lolli
- Aspire Academy, Football Performance & Science Department, Doha, Qatar; Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
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- Aspire Academy, Football Performance & Science Department, Doha, Qatar
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- Aspire Academy, Football Performance & Science Department, Doha, Qatar
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- Aspire Academy, Football Performance & Science Department, Doha, Qatar; Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Rome, Italy
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Oliva A, Kaphle A, Reguant R, Sng LMF, Twine NA, Malakar Y, Wickramarachchi A, Keller M, Ranbaduge T, Chan EKF, Breen J, Buckberry S, Guennewig B, Haas M, Brown A, Cowley MJ, Thorne N, Jain Y, Bauer DC. Future-proofing genomic data and consent management: a comprehensive review of technology innovations. Gigascience 2024; 13:giae021. [PMID: 38837943 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giae021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024] Open
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Genomic information is increasingly used to inform medical treatments and manage future disease risks. However, any personal and societal gains must be carefully balanced against the risk to individuals contributing their genomic data. Expanding our understanding of actionable genomic insights requires researchers to access large global datasets to capture the complexity of genomic contribution to diseases. Similarly, clinicians need efficient access to a patient's genome as well as population-representative historical records for evidence-based decisions. Both researchers and clinicians hence rely on participants to consent to the use of their genomic data, which in turn requires trust in the professional and ethical handling of this information. Here, we review existing and emerging solutions for secure and effective genomic information management, including storage, encryption, consent, and authorization that are needed to build participant trust. We discuss recent innovations in cloud computing, quantum-computing-proof encryption, and self-sovereign identity. These innovations can augment key developments from within the genomics community, notably GA4GH Passports and the Crypt4GH file container standard. We also explore how decentralized storage as well as the digital consenting process can offer culturally acceptable processes to encourage data contributions from ethnic minorities. We conclude that the individual and their right for self-determination needs to be put at the center of any genomics framework, because only on an individual level can the received benefits be accurately balanced against the risk of exposing private information.
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- Adrien Oliva
- Australian e-Health Research Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Level 3/160 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia
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- Australian e-Health Research Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Level 3/160 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia
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- Australian e-Health Research Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Level 3/160 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia
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- Australian e-Health Research Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Level 3/160 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia
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- Australian e-Health Research Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Level 3/160 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia
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- Responsible Innovation Future Science Platform, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, 41 Boggo Rd, Dutton Park QLD 4102, Australia
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- Australian e-Health Research Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Level 3/160 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia
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- Data61, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Level 5/13 Garden St, Eveleigh NSW 2015, Australia
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- Data61, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Building 101, Clunies Ross St, Black Mountain, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards NSW 2065, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
- National Centre for Indigenous Genomics, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
- National Centre for Indigenous Genomics, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 94 Mallett St, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
- National Centre for Indigenous Genomics, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Children's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, Level 4, Lowy Cancer Research Centre Corner Botany & High Streets UNSW Kensington Campus UNSW Sydney, Kensington NSW 2052, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, Wallace Wurth Building (C27), Cnr High St & Botany St, UNSW Sydney, Kensington NSW 2052, Australia
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- University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia
- Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, Melbourne 1G, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute/1G Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, 1G, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute/1G Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia
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- Australian e-Health Research Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Level 3/160 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia
- Applied BioSciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Applied BioSciences 205B Culloden Rd Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Applied BioSciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Applied BioSciences 205B Culloden Rd Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, MQ Health General Practice - Macquarie University, Suite 305, Level 3/2 Technology Pl, Macquarie Park NSW 2109, Australia
- Australian e-Health Research Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Gate 13, Kintore Avenue University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
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Sánchez MC, Hernández Clemente JC, García López FJ. Public and Patients' Perspectives Towards Data and Sample Sharing for Research: An Overview of Empirical Findings. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics 2023; 18:319-345. [PMID: 37936410 DOI: 10.1177/15562646231212644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
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We aimed to review the attitudes and perspectives of the public and patients towards the sharing of data and biospecimens for research and to identify common dimensions, regardless of setting. Our review included systematic, scoping or thematic reviews of empirical studies retrieved from Medline (PubMed interface), Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest and Cochrane Reviews. The main themes identified and synthesised across the 14 reviews were readiness and motivations; potential risks and safeguards; trust, transparency and accountability; autonomy and preferred type of consent; and factors influencing data and biospecimen sharing and consent. Sociodemographic factors and research and individual context remain relevant influencing factors in all settings, while preferences for types of consent are highly heterogeneous. Trusted environments and adapted consent options with participant engagement are relevant to improve research participation.
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Lolli L, Di Salvo V, Monaco M, Johnson A, Gregson W. A comparison of FELS and Tanner-Whitehouse II skeletal ages in male youth soccer players from the Middle East. Am J Hum Biol 2023; 35:e23941. [PMID: 37354010 DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess measurement agreement between FELS and Tanner-Whitehouse (TW) II skeletal ages in male youth soccer players from the Middle East. METHODS We examined agreement between FELS and TW-II skeletal ages using data collected between- and within-subjects (n = 1057 observations) for 409 male, full-time, academy student-athletes recruited as part of the Qatar Football Association national soccer development programme (chronological age range, 9.8 to 18 years; annual screening range, one to seven visits). The Bland-Altman method for repeated measurements estimated the limits of agreement describing the expected range of differences for 95% of pairs of future FELS and TW-II skeletal ages determined on similar individuals from the reference population. RESULTS The mean difference for TW-II versus FELS protocols was 0.02 years (95% confidence interval, -0.04 to 0.08 years) with lower and upper limits of agreement ranging from -1.39 years (95% confidence interval, -1.48 to -1.30 years) to 1.43 years (95% confidence interval, 1.34 to 1.52 years). CONCLUSION Differences for 95% of pairs of future skeletal ages determined with FELS and TW-II methods in this population could be as high as ~3 years for some people that suggested protocols may not be interchangeable in youth Middle Eastern athletes. Justification of skeletal age protocol selection rests on knowledge of measurement bias and variability of expected growth estimations for rationalized application to a population of interest.
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- Lorenzo Lolli
- Football Performance & Science Department, Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Football Performance & Science Department, Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Rome, Italy
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- National Sports Medicine Program, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar
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- Faculty of Health and Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Football Performance & Science Department, Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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Lolli L, Johnson A, Monaco M, Di Salvo V, Gregson W. Skeletal maturation in male elite youth athletes from the Middle East. Am J Hum Biol 2023; 35:e23906. [PMID: 37114584 DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To examine the timing and intensity of skeletal maturation of the radius-ulna-short (RUS) bones in elite youth Arab athletes. METHODS We compared SuperImposition by Translation And Rotation (SITAR) models with different spline degrees of freedom and transformation expressions to summarize 492 longitudinal measurements for individual RUS bones scores assessed from 99 male academy student-athletes (chronological age range, 11.4 to 18 years; annual screening range, four to seven visits). RESULTS The SITAR model with 5 degrees of freedom and untransformed chronological age was superior to the other models. The mean growth curve increased with age and showed a mid-pubertal double-kink at a RUS score of ~600 bone score units (au). The SITAR model revealed a first peak in the skeletal maturation velocity curve of ~206 au·year-1 occurred at ~13.5 years. The mean age at the second and largest peak occurred at 15.1 years (95% confidence interval [CI], 14.9 to 15.3 years), with the respective estimated peak skeletal ossification rate of 334 au·year-1 (95% CI, 290 to 377 au·year-1 ). The mean age at peak height velocity was 13.5 years (95% CI, 13.3 to 13.7 years), with peak height velocity of 10 cm·year-1 (95% CI, 9.6 to 10.4 cm·year-1 ). CONCLUSION Application of the SITAR method confirmed two peaks in the skeletal maturation velocity curve, with the second and largest rate of ossification occurring at a relatively later timing of ~1.5 years than the height growth spurt. Knowledge of the RUS bones timing and intensity can be important to advance strategies for athlete performance development purposes.
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- Lorenzo Lolli
- Football Performance and Science Department, Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar
- Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- National Sports Medicine Program, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar
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- Football Performance and Science Department, Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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Lyle K, Weller S, Horton R, Lucassen A. Immortal data: a qualitative exploration of patients' understandings of genomic data. Eur J Hum Genet 2023; 31:681-686. [PMID: 37002328 PMCID: PMC10250296 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-023-01325-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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As ambitions to 'mainstream' genetic and genomic medicine in the UK advance, patients are increasingly exposed to information about genomic data. Unlike the results of many other medical investigations which are linked to the time of sample collection, genomic testing provides immortal data that do not change across time, and may have relevance for relatives and generations far beyond the patient's own lifespan. This immortality raises new ethical challenges for healthcare professionals, patients and families alike, such as ensuring consent for possible future interpretations; determining when genomic data are best sought (at birth, on illness etc) and reinterpreted; and balancing the confidentiality of patients and duties of care towards others. This paper reports on qualitative work exploring the perspectives of patients and relatives participating in genomic testing, and suggests that their engagements with this immortality are shaped by: the contrast between the simplicity of sample provision and information gathered; understandings of heritability; and notions of genomic data as a collective resource. We discuss the implications this holds for practice and argue that the immortality of genomic data must take a more prominent position in patient and healthcare professional interactions.
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- Kate Lyle
- Clinical Ethics, Law and Society (CELS), Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Clinical Ethics, Law and Society (CELS), Primary Care Population Sciences and Medical Education, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK.
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- Clinical Ethics, Law and Society (CELS), Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Clinical Ethics, Law and Society (CELS), Primary Care Population Sciences and Medical Education, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK
- Centre for Personalised Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Ethics, Law and Society (CELS), Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Clinical Ethics, Law and Society (CELS), Primary Care Population Sciences and Medical Education, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK
- Centre for Personalised Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Ethics, Law and Society (CELS), Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Clinical Ethics, Law and Society (CELS), Primary Care Population Sciences and Medical Education, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK
- Centre for Personalised Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Cumyn A, Ménard JF, Barton A, Dault R, Lévesque F, Ethier JF. Patients and Members of the Public’s Wishes Regarding Transparency in the Context of Secondary Use of Health Data: A Scoping Review (Preprint). J Med Internet Res 2022; 25:e45002. [PMID: 37052967 PMCID: PMC10141314 DOI: 10.2196/45002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Secondary use of health data has reached unequaled potential to improve health systems governance, knowledge, and clinical care. Transparency regarding this secondary use is frequently cited as necessary to address deficits in trust and conditional support and to increase patient awareness. OBJECTIVE We aimed to review the current published literature to identify different stakeholders' perspectives and recommendations on what information patients and members of the public want to learn about the secondary use of health data for research purposes and how and in which situations. METHODS Using PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews) guidelines, we conducted a scoping review using Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and PubMed databases to locate a broad range of studies published in English or French until November 2022. We included articles reporting a stakeholder's perspective or recommendations of what information patients and members of the public want to learn about the secondary use of health data for research purposes and how or in which situations. Data were collected and analyzed with an iterative thematic approach using NVivo. RESULTS Overall, 178 articles were included in this scoping review. The type of information can be divided into generic and specific content. Generic content includes information on governance and regulatory frameworks, technical aspects, and scientific aims. Specific content includes updates on the use of one's data, return of results from individual tests, information on global results, information on data sharing, and how to access one's data. Recommendations on how to communicate the information focused on frequency, use of various supports, formats, and wording. Methods for communication generally favored broad approaches such as nationwide publicity campaigns, mainstream and social media for generic content, and mixed approaches for specific content including websites, patient portals, and face-to-face encounters. Content should be tailored to the individual as much as possible with regard to length, avoidance of technical terms, cultural competence, and level of detail. Finally, the review outlined 4 major situations where communication was deemed necessary: before a new use of data, when new test results became available, when global research results were released, and in the advent of a breach in confidentiality. CONCLUSIONS This review highlights how different types of information and approaches to communication efforts may serve as the basis for achieving greater transparency. Governing bodies could use the results: to elaborate or evaluate strategies to educate on the potential benefits; to provide some knowledge and control over data use as a form of reciprocity; and as a condition to engage citizens and build and maintain trust. Future work is needed to assess which strategies achieve the greatest outreach while striking a balance between meeting information needs and use of resources.
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- Annabelle Cumyn
- Département de médecine, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en informatique de la santé, Faculté des sciences/Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en informatique de la santé, Faculté des sciences/Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Faculté de droit, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en informatique de la santé, Faculté des sciences/Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Institut de recherche en informatique de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en informatique de la santé, Faculté des sciences/Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en informatique de la santé, Faculté des sciences/Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Département de médecine, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en informatique de la santé, Faculté des sciences/Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Vodosin P, Jorgensen AK, Mendy M, Kozlakidis Z, Caboux E, Zawati MH. A Review of Regulatory Frameworks Governing Biobanking in the Low and Middle Income Member Countries of BCNet. Biopreserv Biobank 2021; 19:444-452. [PMID: 33945303 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2020.0101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Biomedical research based on the sharing and use of ever larger volumes of samples and data is increasingly becoming an essential component of scientific discovery. The success of biobanking and genomic research is dependent on the broad sharing of resources for use by investigators. However, important ethical challenges need to be addressed for the sample and data sharing to be successful. Despite low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) carrying a higher burden of disease, biomedical research conducted to date has mainly focused on high-income countries. In order for LMICs to benefit from the advances in such research, normative documents (such as laws and guidelines) play a significant role in allowing LMIC projects to partake and be represented in global biomedical research. The administration and management of the ethical aspects of biobanking, including informed consent, are key components in ensuring that samples and data can legally and ethically be used and shared. As part of its support to the LMIC biobanks, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) established a biobank and population cohort building network (BCNet) in 2013 with the aims of providing support (including education and training) and facilitating the development and improvement of biobanking infrastructure in LMICs. A comparative analysis of the laws and guidelines in BCNet countries was completed to highlight some of the ethical and legal issues related to biobanking in LMICs and to identify examples of effective systems of governance already in operation.
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- MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, London School of Health and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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- Center of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Barazzetti G, Bosisio F. A Value-Oriented Framework for Precision Medicine. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS : AJOB 2021; 21:88-90. [PMID: 33825639 DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2021.1891338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Patients' decision to contribute to a biobank in the light of the patient-recruiter relationship-a qualitative study of broad consent in a hospital setting. J Community Genet 2020; 12:15-25. [PMID: 32779150 PMCID: PMC7846645 DOI: 10.1007/s12687-020-00479-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Findings from recent studies show that the relationship developed with the particular researcher asking for broad consent plays an important role in the participant’s willingness to give consent. Interviews and focus groups were conducted in order to present a description and analysis of meetings in which broad consent took place and to examine the role of recruiters in the patients’ decision-making and in building trust in the Lausanne University Hospital Institutional Biobank (BIL). Our findings suggest that patient broad consent to biobanking is strongly related to its setting. BIL recruiters’ were aware of their role as ambassadors of the BIL and their responsibility towards patients. Patient interviewees were sensitive to the quality of the information delivered, the timing of the consent request and the recruiters’ attitudes and behaviours, including the presence of the white coat. Participating in the BIL also seemed to reinforce the patient’s self-esteem and perceived efficacy, particularly since they are themselves ill and inactive when requested to participate. Recruiters and participants report that participation may be motivated by fundamental (existential) goals. Organisational factors also affected recruiters’ activity and the broad consent procedure raising several ethical issues. This qualitative study suggests that biobanking based on information-based models of decision-making might need to be re-evaluated in order to improve broad consent. Our findings have implications for the practice of broad consent and patient autonomy, as well as for the recruiters’ role and training.
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