Mikkelsen, Eirik http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2932-5138
Ingebrigtsen, Tor http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5966-9786
Thyrhaug, Anette M. http://orcid.org/0009-0007-8034-8697
Olsen, Lena Ringstad http://orcid.org/0009-0008-7015-3420
Nygaard, Øystein P.
Austevoll, Ivar http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1960-5574
Brox, Jens Ivar http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2507-1812
Hellum, Christian
Kolstad, Frode http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1234-8576
Lønne, Greger http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2191-9676
Solberg, Tore K. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8991-8867
Funding for this research was provided by:
Helse Nord RHF (HNF1538-20)
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Article History
Received: 24 April 2023
Revised: 28 July 2023
Accepted: 28 August 2023
First Online: 17 September 2023
Declarations
:
: The authors are employees and/or members of NORspine’s advisory board. Otherwise they have no competing interests to declare.
: The Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics Northern Norway defined this report/study as quality improvement (file 369360) and the Data protection officer at the University Hospital of North Norway granted approval (file 02813).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants.