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Physical diagnoses in nursing home residents - is dementia or severity of dementia of importance?

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0943-8

Published Online: 2018-10-22

Published Print: 2018-12

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Jørgensen, Live Bredholt

Thorleifsson, Berit Marie http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2833-8930
Selbæk, Geir

Šaltytė Benth, Jūratė

Helvik, Anne-Sofie
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Received: 9 December 2017

Accepted: 10 October 2018

First Online: 22 October 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Information about the study was given to the residents and their family members. In 2004/2005 the residents were informed that they could refuse to participate at any stage of the study. In 2010/2011 informed consent was obtained. Consent was given by the resident or by their next of kin. These procedures were recommended and approved by the Regional Ethics Committee in the south-east of Norway (reference number REC: 2010/1894) and the Directorate for Health and Social Affairs in 2004 and 2010. The data have been anonymised.

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