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Received: 20 January 2020

Accepted: 22 July 2020

First Online: 17 August 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The Regional Ethical Committee (REC) judged this study outside the scope of the Norwegian Health Research Act (ref.nr 2017/756 B). The Health Research Act and the guide provided by the Ministry of Health and Care Services (English translation) define what is considered “medical and health research” in Norway, and an ethical approval from REC is not needed for studies judged outside the scope of the act. The study was approved by the Hospital’s Privacy Ombudsman (nr. 2017–128) after an assessment of data protection, impact assessment and risks for participants.All participants received written information in advance, and an informed consent form was signed and collected from all participants prior to interview. Participants were informed that they were free to abort the interview or withdraw from the study at any time until data was analyzed and for practical reasons impossible to extract from synthesis.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.