Fierloos, Irene N.
Tan, Siok Swan
Williams, Greg
Alhambra-Borrás, Tamara
Koppelaar, Elin
Bilajac, Lovorka
Verma, Arpana
Markaki, Athina
Mattace-Raso, Francesco
Vasiljev, Vanja
Franse, Carmen B.
Raat, Hein http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6000-7445
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Union, CHAFEA, third health programme (20131201)
Article History
Received: 14 April 2020
Accepted: 1 February 2021
First Online: 9 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical committee procedures have been followed in all cities and institutions involved, and approval has been provided. The names of the review board and the approval references are: Manchester, United Kingdom: NRES Committee West Midlands - Coventry & Warwickshire; 06-03-2015; 15/WM/0080; NRES Committee South Central – Berkshire B; 29-20-2014; 14/SC/1349; Pallini, Greece: The Ethics and Scientific board - Latriko Palaiou Falirou Hospital; 04/03/2015; 20150304–01; Rijeka, Croatia: The Ethical Committee - Faculty of Medicine University of Rijeka; 07-04-2014; 2170-24-01-14-02; Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Medische Ethische Toetsings Commissie (METC) – Erasmus MC Rotterdam; 08/01/2015; MEC-2014-661; Valencia, Spain: Comisión de Investigación - Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia. 29/01/2015; CICHGUV-2015-01-29. Written consent is obtained from all participants. The data used in this study were anonymized before its use.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.