Melissant, Heleen C. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1372-9442
Jansen, Femke http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0111-0557
Eerenstein, Simone E. J. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8409-1146
Cuijpers, Pim http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5497-2743
Lissenberg-Witte, Birgit I. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9448-1826
Sherman, Kerry A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7780-6668
Laan, Ellen T. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6084-9207
Leemans, C. René http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7887-083X
Verdonck-de Leeuw, Irma M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4507-4607
Article History
Received: 30 October 2020
Accepted: 26 February 2021
First Online: 18 March 2021
Declarations
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: This study is conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and in accordance with local laws and regulations. Eligible patients were fully informed about the study and asked to participate. The patients received a patient information sheet and had ample opportunity to ask questions and to consider the implications of the study before deciding to participate. The local ethics committee of the VU University Medical Center, decided that, according to the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act, ethical approval was not necessary as patients were not subjected to procedures or required to follow rules of behavior.
: All participants provided written informed consent. Patients consent was noted on an informed consent form compliant with the local and ethical regulations. If during the study the patient for whatever reason no longer wished to participate, the patient was allowed to withdraw consent at any time.
: Patients signed informed consent regarding publishing the research data.
: The authors declare no competing interests.