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Article History

Received: 19 December 2023

Accepted: 9 April 2024

First Online: 17 May 2024

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all subjects. There was no overarching or coordinating ethics committee involved and National Project Managers obtained ethical approval of the PaRIS survey if this is required in their country. In Norway, the Netherlands, Wales, and France the PaRIS survey is considered as a quality improvement / assurance initiative which does not require ethical approval. For other countries the following ethical committees provided ethical approval for the Field Trial: Belgium (Ethical committee of the Universitè Libre de Bruxelles), Portugal (Ethics Committee of Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública), Spain (Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Carlos III Health Institute), Czech Republic (Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Health), Greece (Bioethics Committee of the Nursing Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Italy (Sant’ Anna School and Normale University Ethics Committee), Luxembourg (National Research Ethics Committee (CNER)), Slovenia (National Ethics Committee), Canada (participating provinces obtained ethical approval from local ethics committees), Iceland (National Bioethics Committee), Romania (Ethics Committee of the University of Bucharest), Saudi Arabia (Ethics Committee of the General Directorate for Research and Studies within the Ministry of Health).

: Not applicable.

: The authors’ institutes received funding from OECD Member countries, other countries participating in the PaRIS survey and the European Commission to develop and implement the PaRIS survey. Authors AR, RW, OG and JB work for a private company.

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