Funding for this research was provided by:
Bartiméus and Konlijke Visio (n/a)
Article History
Received: 26 April 2017
Accepted: 3 April 2018
First Online: 17 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The participants in this study were receiving ‘care as usual’ (ICT training) and only filling in a questionnaire concerning the ICT training. Consequently, the participants were not subjects to a procedure and were not required to follow rules of behavior. As such, this study would not fall under the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO). At the time when the study was designed (in 2014) consulting with the Medical Ethical Committee was not common in the Netherlands, for studies only concerning filling in questionnaires related to usual care (not involving a new intervention). If this study had taken place in 2018, it would have received a waiver for the study protocol. The Dutch Medical Ethical Committee is however not allowed to give a waiver in 2018 for a study that started in 2014. All respondents were informed about the aims of the study and its anonymous and voluntary nature before giving their consent to participate. Informed consent was obtained from all participants.
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