Carrière, M. E.
Mokkink, L. B.
Tyack, Z.
Westerman, M. J.
Pijpe, A.
Pleat, J.
van de Kar, A. L.
Brown, J.
de Vet, H. C. W.
van Zuijlen, P. P. M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nederlandse Brandwonden Stichting (16.106)
Article History
Accepted: 24 August 2022
First Online: 10 November 2022
Declarations
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: <i>Non-financial interests</i> one of the authors (P.P.M. van Zuijlen) is the developer of the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale, and another author (Z. Tyack) is the developer of the Brisbane Burn Impact Profile. <i>Financial interests</i> Non-commercial use of the POSAS is always free, but we request a fee for the commercial use of the POSAS (i.e. the use by or on behalf of a pharmaceutical company, medical device manufacturer or any other for-profit stakeholder). Fees apply for research or non-research purposes. This compensation will be used to maintain the POSAS website and for research purposes.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committees of the Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc (2017/552) and the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital’s Human Research Ethics Committee (45062).
: All individual participants included in this study provided informed consent for study participation and publishing of their data.