Patient attitudes towards faecal sampling for gut microbiome studies and clinical care reveal positive engagement and room for improvement

• Laura A. Bolte ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6036-0831

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• Marjolein A. Y. Klaassen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Valerie Collij,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Arnau Vich Vila,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Jingyuan Fu,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Taco A. van der Meulen,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Jacco J. de Haan,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Gerbrig J. Versteegen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Aafje Dotinga,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lifelines Cohort Study, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Alexandra Zhernakova,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Cisca Wijmenga,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5635-1614

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• Rinse K. Weersma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Floris Imhann

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: f.imhann@rug.nl

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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