Jonsdottir, Gudrun
Vilhjalmsson, Runar
Sigurdardottir, Valgerdur
Hjaltason, Haukur
Klinke, Marianne Elisabeth
Jonsdottir, Helga
Funding for this research was provided by:
Icelandic Nurses Association (71545)
The University of Iceland Research Fund of Ingibjorg R. Magnusdottir
Landspitali University Hospital Science Fund
Article History
Received: 14 November 2024
Accepted: 26 February 2025
First Online: 11 March 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki. The study obtained approval from the Ethics Committee at Landspitali, University Hospital of Iceland (reference number 26/2017) for extracting data from patients’ health records from January 1, 2011 to August 31, 2020 and was reported to the Icelandic Data Protection Authority. A renewal was granted in July 2023 (Nr. 36/2023). This study uses coded data extracted from patient health records and hence no direct patient contact nor patient identifiable patient data. Therefore, informed consent was waived by the Ethics committee at Landspitali University Hospital of Iceland and deemed unnecessary according to National Regulations.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.