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Heidler, Maria-Dorothea https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1337-2247
Salzwedel, Annett
Jöbges, Michael
Lück, Olaf
Dohle, Christian
Seifert, Michael
von Helden, Andrea
Hollweg, Wibke
Völler, Heinz
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Funding for this research was provided by:
AOK Nordost
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Received: 4 January 2018
Accepted: 25 May 2018
First Online: 13 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical permission was granted by the ethics committee of the University of Potsdam (13 / 36. Meeting 5th of May 2014). Since only routine medical data were collected and evaluated anonymously and no interventions were carried out, patients consent to participate was not required. The routine data were documented at the participating clinics without personal data. Furthermore, the purpose of the research project could not be achieved by other means. Therefore, the ethical review board of the University of Potsdam according to §§31, 32 BbgKHEG (Brandenburg Hospital Development Act) and §25 Berlin LKG (Berlin State Hospital Law) has waived the need for patients’ consent to participate.
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