de la Court, A. J.
Opdam, N. J. M.
Bronkhorst, E. M.
Laske, M.
Huysmans, M. C. D. N. J. M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministerie van Defensie
Article History
Received: 29 February 2024
Accepted: 30 July 2024
First Online: 8 August 2024
Declarations
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: The protocol of this study was rated by the local ethics committee as ‘no approval necessary’ (CMO Radboudumc file nr. 2019-5863) and approved by the Surgeon General of the Ministry of Defense.Due to the retrospective nature of the data direct informed consent could not be obtained. Most of our recruits have a contract for a few years and leave the military afterwards. Name and address details are not kept after leaving military service. Therefore we could not contact them and ask permission directly. According to the legal regulation in The Netherlands and regulatory requirements of the Ministry of Defense, an opt-out procedure was followed, using the digital platforms of the Ministry of Defense. The research proposal was published on these platforms and an option to withdraw participation was organized.The Central Representative Body of all military personnel in The Netherlands also approved the proposal and stated: ‘no objection’ in the official minutes of their meeting.Approval of this study was also obtained by the Surgeon General of the Ministry of Defense and for the GDPR implementation act a DPIA (Data Protection Impact Assessment) was performed with a data management plan and published in the GDPR / DPIA register of our government (20210215 DPIA DTD-MWO Oral Health Care and Risk Assessment in the Dutch Armed Forces).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.