Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
PLoS One. 2022 Apr 28;17(4):e0267552. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267552. eCollection 2022.
Sharing and reuse biosamples can facilitate biomedical research. Little is known about researchers' perception and practice about sharing, reusing, and storing biosamples in Jordan. Therefore, the current study aimed to evaluate the practices of biomedical researchers in Jordan regarding biosamples management.
The study was cross-sectional and involved biomedical researchers from different parts of Jordan. A questionnaire was designed to achieve the aim of this study. The questionnaire was web-based and distributed via e-mails using Google forms.
Opinions of Jordanian biomedical researchers from different academic ranks and institutional backgrounds were measured and recorded anonymously. The majority of the sample was males (57.9%), from public universities (64.3%), and (64.6%) were from health-related fields. About 82.9% of participants stored biosamples using codes, whereas the rest used the subject's name. Sharing of biosamples was commonly practiced by 61.7% of Jordanian researchers locally, while 47.2% of the Jordanian researchers shared biosamples overseas. The reuse of biosamples in other projects was reported to be 55.4%. The majority explained the possibility of reusing and sharing biosamples in the consent form (range: 53-58%). Sharing and reusing biosamples were associated with gender, the number of publications in peer-reviewed international journals, and academic rank (P<0.05).
Sharing and reusing biosamples are common among Jordanian biomedical researchers. Therefore, ethically grounded biosamples sharing and reuse standards are essential for protecting human subjects' rights and privacy in Jordan.
分享和再利用生物样本可以促进生物医学研究。然而，人们对于约旦研究人员在生物样本共享、再利用和存储方面的认知和实践知之甚少。因此，本研究旨在评估约旦生物医学研究人员在生物样本管理方面的实践情况。
本研究为横断面研究，涉及来自约旦不同地区的生物医学研究人员。设计了一份问卷来实现本研究的目的。该问卷为网络问卷，通过 Google 表单以电子邮件的形式分发。
记录并测量了来自不同学术等级和机构背景的约旦生物医学研究人员的意见，所有参与者均匿名填写。样本中的大多数为男性（57.9%），来自公立大学（64.3%），且（64.6%）来自与健康相关的领域。约 82.9%的参与者使用代码存储生物样本，而其余参与者则使用研究对象的姓名。61.7%的约旦研究人员在本地有共享生物样本的习惯，而 47.2%的约旦研究人员在海外共享生物样本。55.4%的研究人员报告称曾在其他项目中重复使用生物样本。大多数参与者（范围：53%-58%）在同意书中解释了重复使用和共享生物样本的可能性。共享和再利用生物样本与性别、在同行评审的国际期刊上发表的论文数量和学术等级有关（P<0.05）。
约旦生物医学研究人员普遍存在共享和再利用生物样本的情况。因此，在约旦，为了保护人类研究对象的权利和隐私，建立基于伦理的生物样本共享和再利用标准至关重要。
