Enger, Eric Brisby
Valentin-Askman, Ludvig
Hägg, Olle
Fritzell, Peter
Parai, Catharina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8332-0426
Funding for this research was provided by:
AFA Försäkring (210194)
Doktor Felix Neuberghs Stiftelse
Article History
Received: 10 May 2023
Accepted: 19 July 2024
First Online: 21 August 2024
Declarations
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: The trial has been approved by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority (Approval No: 2021–03503). Participation in the trial has been approved by the director of department on each participating clinic. The trial dataset will be accessible only to the responsible researchers and a participating statistician.
: Not applicable.
: An informed consent form will be sent to the patients along with information on the study. When the patient arrives at the outpatient clinic, the staff will collect the signed form before adding the patient to the study database. These consent forms will be kept in a secure compartment.
: Information regarding the patients will be kept on the Swespine servers using all necessary security procedures. All participants will prior to publication be de-identified and all data will be analyzed and presented on a group level. The data will be kept for 10 years and thereafter deleted.
: There will be no direct communication of the results to the patients. The results will be presented in scientific papers submitted to an international journal. The results will also be summarized in Swedish in the national journal for physicians, which is publicly available.
: The authors declare no competing interests.