Lamppu, Pauli J.
Laurila, Jouko
Finne-Soveri, Harriet
Laakkonen, Marja-Liisa
Kautiainen, Hannu
Pitkälä, Kaisu H.
Article History
Received: 15 March 2019
Accepted: 29 April 2019
First Online: 21 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare they that have no conflicts of interest relevant to this report, and no financial conflicts related to the topic.
: The trial was approved by the Ethics Committee of Helsinki University Central Hospital, and the procedures were planned in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Each participating resident and her/his closest proxy were provided with detailed information both orally and in writing, and they gave their informed consent. In cases of moderate-to-severe dementia, the proxy gave the consent on behalf of the resident. The study was registered in the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry under the intervention code: ACTRN12617001040358.