Abstract
BackgroundMedical research has increased greatly in many developing countries during the recent decade, motivated by the need to improve health in these countries. Such research needs to be guided by fundamental ethical principles to ensure the protection of patient’s rights and welfare. Also, biobanks have become increasingly important for the study of health and disease. There is a significant public interest in the outcomes of genetic research, which include diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health methods. This study was conducted assess and raise the knowledge and attitude towards several aspects of research, related ethics, and biobank ethical issues for paramedical and administrative teams working at the National Liver Institute (NLI).ResultsThe education intervention study was effective in increasing percentage of good knowledge in paramedical and administrative teams (p value < 0.001). Also, the education intervention study was effective in increasing percentage of positive attitude in paramedical and administrative teams (p value < 0.001).ConclusionThere were good knowledge and attitude about research and related ethics, but poor knowledge and attitude about biobanking. The educational intervention study significantly increased knowledge and attitude about research, related ethics, and biobanks.
Highlights
Medical research has increased greatly in many developing countries during the recent decade, motivated by the need to improve health in these countries
The results demonstrate that only 18.6 % and 13.9% of paramedical team and administrative teams respectively had a previous participation in a scientific research, and 94.3% and 85.3% of them respectively knew that scientific research is important in helping to serve patients
Only 34.3% and 40.9% of paramedical team and administrative teams respectively knew by the presence of the National Liver Institute Research Ethics Committee
Summary
Medical research has increased greatly in many developing countries during the recent decade, motivated by the need to improve health in these countries. Clinicians, research nurses, data managers, and study coordinators are an example of research team [1]. Some of their responsibilities are regulatory compliance, protocol maintenance, patient care, tissue acquisition and transmittal, data collection and submission, and general administration. All these tasks are not accomplished by (2020) 10:1. There is a need to improve health in many developing countries, so medical research has grown exponentially in these countries in the last decade [3]. There were only 669.3 Egyptian researchers per million inhabitants in 2017, while 4673.2 researchers per million inhabitants in the USA and 2407 researchers per million inhabitants in the United Arab Emirates [5]
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