Wennberg, Pär http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7690-1735
Möller, Margareta
Herlitz, Johan
Kenne Sarenmalm, Elisabeth
Funding for this research was provided by:
Skaraborg hospital
Universitetssjukhuset Örebro
Article History
Received: 20 January 2019
Accepted: 30 August 2019
First Online: 11 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Regional Ethics Board in Uppsala, Dnr. 2008/172. The procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation and with the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was also given by the Swedish Medical Products Agency, Dnr. 151:2008/60682. Trial registry: EudraCT number 2008–004303-59.Written consent was obtained from participants. Patients who were assessed as not having the capacity for consent at the time of inclusion were included following presumed consent; this was supported by a decision from the Regional Ethics Board in Uppsala, as supported by Swedish law. This assessment was made by the including physician, together with the nurse responsible for the patient. The Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire was used to support the decision of inclusion on presumed consent.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.