Fog, Amura Francesca https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8337-7641
Mdala, Ibrahimu
Engedal, Knut
Straand, Jørund
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Oslo
Municipality of Oslo
Research Council of Norway
Article History
Received: 19 December 2019
Accepted: 30 August 2020
First Online: 9 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: According to the Norwegian act on medical and health research, no formal ethical approval was needed for the present study. Formal consent was not required because data is anonymous. The study protocol of the medication review project at the nursing homes, which generated the data used here, was presented to the Regional Committee in Medical Research Ethics in South-East Norway (reference no. 2015/786) and the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (reference no. 43659). Both bodies concluded that their formal approval was not needed.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.