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Health, functioning and social engagement among older people living in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 lockdown in Finland: a register-based cohort study

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22032-8

Published Online: 2025-03-08

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Edgren, Johanna https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1839-9737
Häsä, Jokke https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7490-1205
Aaltonen, Mari https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6620-4968
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Funding for this research was provided by:

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
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Article History

Received: 13 July 2024

Accepted: 20 February 2025

First Online: 8 March 2025

Declarations

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: In accordance with the Finnish legislation (the Act on Data Protection 2018/1050 and the Act on the Secondary Use of Health and Social Data 552/2019) as well as the ethical principles issued by the Finnish Research Ethics Advisory board and the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare informed consents are not required in scientific research when it is based solely on register data. This applies even when processing sensitive personal level data. Thus, the requirement for informed consents was waived by the IRB (THL/1118/6.02.00/2021). Otherwise, the research is conducted in compliance with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration issued by the World Medical Association.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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