Rasmussen, Sanne
Haastrup, Peter Fentz http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7265-743X
Balasubramaniam, Kirubakaran
Christensen, René DePont
Søndergaard, Jens
Jarbøl, Dorte Ejg
Funding for this research was provided by:
Region of Southern Denmark
Article History
Received: 26 October 2017
Accepted: 16 April 2018
First Online: 18 April 2018
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: The Regional Scientific Ethics Committee for Southern Denmark evaluated the project and concluded that the project was not notifiable and could be implemented without the permission from The Regional Scientific Ethical Committee for Southern Denmark according to Danish law. The Scientific Ethics Committee’s evaluation comprised all aspects of the project including the data collection. Answering the questionnaire was completely voluntary and unpaid. All respondents consented to transmission of information about diagnoses from the Danish national health registries. The participants in the study were clearly informed that there would be no clinical follow-up and that they should contact their own GP in case of concern or worry. The project has been approved by the Danish Data Protection Agency (journal number 2011–41-6651).
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