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Article History

Received: 24 October 2023

Accepted: 9 January 2024

First Online: 11 January 2024

Declarations

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: The study was approved by the Regional Committee for Ethical and Health Services (REK) in South East Norway (no. 2018/288B). The Data Protection Authority of the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD) (reg.no 59350) approved the study. The study was carried out in accordance with ethical guidelines for nursing research in the Nordic countries [CitationRef removed] and the Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research [CitationRef removed]. This implies that the family caregivers were informed in writing and orally about the study, participation was voluntarily, and they could withdraw from the study at any time without any consequences, and finally that data was handled confidentially. All participants provided written informed consent. After the interviews the family caregivers had the opportunity for support from the cancer care coordinator if needed.

: Not applicable. In this study data is reported for a group of family caregivers and not at an individual level. Each family caregiver was informed that it would not be possible to identify them in the results of the study when these were to be published.

: The authors declare no competing interests.