Garcia-Codina, Oriol
Juvinyà-Canal, Dolors
Amil-Bujan, Paloma
Bertran-Noguer, Carmen
González-Mestre, María Asunción
Masachs-Fatjo, Eulàlia
Santaeugènia, Sebastià J.
Magrinyà-Rull, Pilar
Saltó-Cerezuela, Esteve
Article History
Received: 6 November 2018
Accepted: 26 July 2019
First Online: 16 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The administration of the ESCA survey was approved by the Consultants’ Committee of Confidential Information Management (CATIC) from the Catalan Health Department, according to the Helsinki Declaration (revised in 2000). According to the local Catalonia Statistic Law (23/1998, 30th December), and given the official status of the ESCA survey, selected participants had to respond truthfully to the survey, and signed informed consent was not required. Participants were informed by the interviewer about the official and mandatory nature of the survey. In agreement with statistical confidentiality, individual subject records were treated anonymously.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.