Pelle, Tim http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6862-5910
Claassen, Aniek A. O. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6337-3734
Meessen, Jennifer M. T. A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1744-6899
Peter, Wilfred F. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1456-2429
Vliet Vlieland, Thea P. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6322-3859
Bevers, Karen http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8543-1237
van der Palen, Job http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1071-6769
van den Hoogen, Frank H. J. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1044-015X
van den Ende, Cornelia H. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-2824
Article History
Received: 24 October 2019
Accepted: 26 December 2019
First Online: 7 January 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Ethical approval for this study was asked for and waived by the local Medical Research Ethics Committee of the University Medical Center, Leiden (Protocol Number: G17.113). The observational study and RCT regarding baseline data of primary and secondary care patients were registered in the Dutch Trial Register (trial number NTR5472 and NTR2137, respectively). The health monitor conducted by CBS fell outside the remit of the law for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act. Also the original studies regarding primary, and secondary care and TJA patients fell outside the remit of the law for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act, and were approved by the local ethical committees (i.e. Leiden and CMO Arnhem-Nijmegen).