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Authors
Kristoffersen, Agnete E.
Nilsen, Jorunn V.
Stub, Trine
Nordberg, Johanna Hök
Wider, Barbara
Mora, Dana
Nakandi, Kiwumulo
Bjelland, Mona
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
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Article History
Received: 21 January 2022
Accepted: 22 April 2022
First Online: 29 July 2022
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: Before the participants could access the main study, an information letter appeared informing members of the user panel about the overall aim of the study as well as the purpose and content of the survey. The study participants were informed that they could withdraw from the study at any time and for any reason. In order to continue, they had to tick” I agree to participate”. The survey did not include identifying information (name, birth date, residential address) of the participants. NCS may, however, link the answers to the basic information they have on the panel members, but no identifying data were available to the researchers. The study was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki [CitationRef removed], and the guidelines of the NCS user panel.Approval of the study was applied for with the Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK 272059). They decided that the study would not provide new knowledge about health and disease, and was therefore not considered health research in Norway; it did not need of approval from The Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics according to the following guidelines:<b>Examples of activities that do not require approval from REC</b><i>Use of other</i> anonymous information <i>and assessments of health conditions. Anonymous information means information in which names, personal identification numbers and other unique characteristics are removed so that data can no longer be linked to an individual (Sect. 2 of the Health Registry Act)</i> [CitationRef removed,CitationRef removed].Approval was therefore applied for and granted by the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD) (660552).
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: The first and fifth authors Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen and Barbara Wider are members of the editorial board (Associate Editors) of BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. None of the other authors have competing interests.
