Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitetet i Oslo (Osloforskning grant Spring 2019)
Article History
Received: 25 January 2021
Accepted: 18 June 2021
First Online: 24 July 2021
Declarations
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: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.
: The present study protocol and survey materials were reviewed by the University of Oslo (UiO) and the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD in Norwegian). As there was no collection of respondent personal medical information, ethical approval from the Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK in Norwegian) was deemed unnecessary. The project was carried out in accordance with the All European Academies’ (ALLEA) European Guidelines for Research Integrity, the 2017 Norwegian Research Ethics Act, and the 1979 Belmont Report.
: Potential survey respondents were informed in the web and mail invitation letters of their right to freely participate, and that since the survey was anonymous, it would not be possible to retract submitted responses. Therefore, consent to participate was implied by respondents submitting their completed survey, by post or web. To enhance the survey response rate, potential respondents were informed that if a 50% response rate was achieved, a monetary donation would be made to a local charitable health/social service organization; to be nominated by the majority of respondents.
: All authors consent to the publication of this manuscript.