Heins, Marianne
Hofstede, Jolien
Rijken, Mieke
Korevaar, Joke
Donker, Gé
Francke, Anneke
Funding for this research was provided by:
Stichting Stoffels Hornstra
Article History
Received: 29 March 2018
Accepted: 3 April 2018
First Online: 17 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was carried out according to the precepts of the Helsinki Declaration, Dutch legislation on privacy and the regulations of the Dutch Data Protection Authority. Patients, GPs and home care nurses gave written informed consent before study participation. The study protocol was reviewed by the Medical Ethics Committee of the VU Medical Centre and they concluded that, according to Dutch legislation, approval by a Medical Ethics Committee was not obligatory for this study.
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