Fabius, Timon M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7519-0206
Benistant, Jeffrey R.
Bekkedam, Lindsey
van der Palen, Job
de Jongh, Frans H. C.
Eijsvogel, Michiel M. M.
Article History
Received: 14 March 2017
Revised: 2 March 2018
Accepted: 12 March 2018
First Online: 21 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: JB reports shares in DiagnOSAS B.V., a company that aims to facilitate screening for sleep apnea in a primary care setting. All other authors (TF, LB, JvdP, FdJ, and ME) certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge, or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Both the local ethics committee and the board of directors of the Medisch Spectrum Twente approved the study protocol.
: This study is based on anonymous data. Therefore, obtaining informed consent was deemed unnecessary (as approved by the local ethics committee).