de Graaff, M. L. A.
van der Heide, I.
Rademakers, J. J. D. J. M.
van Valkengoed, I. G. M.
Francke, A. L.
Woonink, A.
Bijnsdorp, F. M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
ZonMw (Verankering van sekse- en genderonderzoek in dementiezorg, Verankering van sekse- en genderonderzoek in dementiezorg, Verankering van sekse- en genderonderzoek in dementiezorg, Verankering van sekse- en genderonderzoek in dementiezorg, Verankering van sekse- en genderonderzoek in dementiezorg, Verankering van sekse- en genderonderzoek in dementiezorg, Verankering van sekse- en genderonderzoek in dementiezorg)
Article History
Received: 28 August 2024
Accepted: 17 February 2025
First Online: 14 March 2025
Declarations
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: In the Netherlands, researchers conducting medical research must comply with the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (in Dutch: WMO—Wet Medisch-wetenschappelijk Onderzoek). The Act stipulates that a research protocol of medical research must be submitted to an authorized medical-ethical committee. We therefore submitted the research protocol to NedMec, the Medical Ethics Committee affiliated with Utrecht University Medical Center. This committee judged that our research did not require further formal medical-ethical review (reference number 23–061), because it did not fall within the scope of the mentioned Act that states that formal approval is only required for ‘medical-scientific research which includes subjecting persons to acts or includes imposing a particular mode of conduct” (WMO, Paragraph 1, Article 1).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.