Lariviere, Matthew https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6901-3115
Poland, Fiona
Woolham, John
Newman, Stanton
Fox, Chris
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Technology Assessment Programme (10/50/02)
University of East Anglia (None.)
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (None)
Article History
Received: 2 March 2020
Accepted: 12 November 2020
First Online: 15 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval for the study was granted by the Department of Health and Social Care (United Kingdom) Health Research Authority’s National Research Ethics Services Committee in the East of England, Norfolk (Reference: 15/EE/0015) on 3rd February 2015. All participants with mental capacity signed informed consent forms to participate. For people with dementia lacking mental capacity, the team received approval from their primary caregiver (a nominated ‘consultee’ according to the Mental Capacity Act 2015) through a consultee declaration form. The team did not receive, nor require, administrative permissions and/or licences to access clinical/personal patient data used in this research. All personal data was disclosed by participants in the study, not through access of their patient records.
: This study has used pseudonyms and cleansed personal data for publication of this study. All study participants consented to publication in the informed consent, or consultee declaration forms for people with dementia lacking mental capacity.
: None to declare.