Wangler, Julian
Jansky, Michael
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Article History
Received: 9 May 2023
Accepted: 7 July 2023
First Online: 24 July 2023
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Since this is an anonymous survey of GPs on the status of the topic under discussion, the Ethics Commission of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, informed us that approval by an ethics committee was not necessary. Written informed consent for participation was obtained from all participants before the start of the study. The respondents received information about the aim and purpose of the study and were informed that it was an anonymous survey in accordance with the existing data protection standards. Furthermore, it was made clear that the data will only be used for scientific purposes. The <i>DemStepCare</i> study received approval by the Ethics Committee of the State Chamber of Physicians of Rhineland-Palatinate (Reference number: 2019–14427). All participants (patients, caregivers, GPs, case managers) give written informed consent before any data is collected for the study. If there is a legal guardian, the legal guardian must give written consent in addition to the patient. All patients require a basic competency to consent, otherwise they cannot participate. This paper contains no data from tests conducted on humans or animals.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The authors alone are responsible for the content and the writing of the paper.