Dehaene, Isabelle https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4826-6946
Scheire, Eline
Steen, Johan
De Coen, Kris
Decruyenaere, Johan
Smets, Koenraad
Roelens, Kristien
Article History
Received: 3 February 2020
Accepted: 25 June 2020
First Online: 3 July 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Ghent University Hospital on February 26th, 2018, with registration number BE670201835532.
: Retrospective data were obtained from 2012 till mid-2017 after opt-out consent. From mid-2017, data were collected prospectively, after obtaining informed consent of the couple. Couples were informed about the goal of the study and the destination of their data. Participation was voluntary and never influenced the care in the hospital. Couples could withdraw from the study at any time. All data were handled with professional confidentiality and anonymised for analysis.
: Patients gave consent regarding publishing their data.
: The software application and custom code are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.