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van Delden, A. E. Q.
Band, Guido P. H.
Slaets, Joris P. J.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Municipality of Leiden, The Netherlands (4661165; 4661700; 4662429)
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Article History
Received: 29 July 2019
Accepted: 30 December 2019
First Online: 15 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The program of “A Good Beginning”, including information letters and informed consent forms, has received ethical approval from the Dutch Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO, ExternalRef removed, number NL60159.000.17).Before the testing started (and before the groups were allocated), the parents/caregivers, children, and teachers were informed. An information evening was organized for parents/caregivers and teachers; information was provided by the principal investigator and questions were answered. The children were informed in class, also by the principal investigator. Furthermore, children as well as parents/caregivers received an information letter (separate documents for children and parents/caregivers), and contact details of the independent expert. Together with the letters, forms were sent to ask for signed consent. These were also separate documents for children and parents/caregivers. Hence, each individual child and her/his parents/caregivers were to sign for informed consent before she/he was enrolled in the study. Ten days were given to consider the decision for participation. Children who did not participate from the start of the study, but wished to do so at a later moment, were also enrolled at the next moment of testing. We have received written parental consent, as well as written consent by each child for the 38 children that were enrolled in the study (i.e., 19 in each group). Students in the intervention group who did not wish to participate, still received a sit-to-stand desk (and it is up to them whether they use the functions of the desk), but they are not involved in any testing.The “gedragscode gezondheidsonderzoek”,<sup>31</sup> as well as the “code of conduct relating to expressions of objection by minors participating in medical research”<sup>32</sup> are followed in this study. The grounds on which a child is deemed to object are (signals of) fear, sadness, or anger. In case (signals of) fear, sadness, and anger are expressed, parents/caregivers and teachers are asked to report this to the principal investigator.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
