Linnosmaa, Ismo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0178-8111
Nguyen, Lien http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8981-9041
Jokimäki, Hanna
Saloniki, Eirini-Christina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5867-2702
Malley, Juliette http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5759-1647
Trukeschitz, Birgit http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2307-4200
Hajji, Assma http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5204-7036
Forder, Julien http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7793-4328
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Eastern Finland
Article History
Accepted: 5 June 2024
First Online: 22 June 2024
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The EXCELC project data collection in Finland was approved by Ethics Committee of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland, in February 2016 (Ref: THL/1523/6.02.01/2015). The IIASC project data collection in England was approved by the Social Care Research Ethics Committee in November 2012 (Ref: 12/IEC08/0049). The responsible university office at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vice-Rector for Research) has determined that no ethics clearance is needed for the EXCELC project data collection in Austria under university regulations.
: Written or verbal informed consents were obtained from all participants of the study. English data from the IIASC project was anonymised for use in the EXCELC project (see Ref: 12/IEC08/0049). Data are confidential and are not available for public use.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.