Almeida, Paulo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4879-559X
Duque, Sofia
Araújo, Ana
Vilas-Boas, Andreia
Novais, António
Gruner, Heidi
Gorjão Clara, João
Article History
Received: 17 October 2019
Accepted: 7 February 2020
First Online: 19 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.
: The survey did not involve any intervention with human or animal participants. We designed an observational, cross-sectional study following the guidelines of good clinical practice in accordance with the ethical standards of the regional ethics committee of the 39 hospitals involved in our study. According with Portuguese law, this study is included in the special situations that are excused to obtain consent for the collection and analysis. For privacy, protection data were anonymized.
: According with Portuguese law, for this type of study, informed consent is not required.