Liem, Esmee I. M. L.
Baard, Joyce
Cauberg, Evelyne C. C.
Bus, Mieke T. J.
de Bruin, D. Martijn
Laguna Pes, M. Pilar
de la Rosette, Jean J. M. C. H.
de Reijke, Theo M.
Article History
Received: 4 August 2017
Accepted: 29 August 2017
First Online: 2 September 2017
Compliance of ethical standards
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: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: The medical ethical committee of the Academic Medical Center reviewed the study protocol and concluded that the study did not imply that participants of the study were subjected to procedures or were required to follow rules of behavior according the ‘Wet Medisch-wetenschappelijk onderzoek met mensen’ (WMO). The WMO is the Medical Research involving Human Beings Act. When the research does not fall under the scope of the WMO, then the protocol does not have to be reviewed by an accredited medical research ethical committee. Therefore, approval of the medical ethical committee was not required. A copy of this decision is available.
: Informed consent was verbally obtained from all participants prior to inclusion.