Hagfors, Heli http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8096-4157
Oksanen, Atte http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4143-5580
Salonen, Anne H. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4693-0110
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tampere University including Tampere University Hospital, Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Article History
Accepted: 4 September 2023
First Online: 28 September 2023
Declarations
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: The Ethics Committee of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare has approved the research protocol (THL/774/6.02.01/2019). Participation in the study was voluntary and informed consent was obtained. All the answers were treated confidentially, and the study results will be reported as statistics and tables so that participants cannot be identified.The research protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (Statement THL/774/6.02.01/2019). Written information about the study in form of invitation letter and the brochure, also including contact information, a link to the study homepage and to the privacy notice for scientific research (ExternalRef removed), were sent to the participants. Furthermore, the principles of voluntary participation were offered to potential participants. According to the General Data Protection Regulation, potential participants were informed that participating in the study included links to the register-based data. The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: Before the computer-assisted interview, informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.