Srivarathan, Abirami
Jensen, Andrea Nedergaard
Kristiansen, Maria
Funding for this research was provided by:
Helsefonden (16-A-0241)
Article History
Received: 1 February 2018
Accepted: 26 December 2018
First Online: 5 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Danish Data Protection Agency approved the study (journal number SUND-2016-64). No approval from ethical committees is needed for qualitative studies according to official Danish research guidelines. However, the study is in compliance with the ethical principles for medical research as presented in the Helsinki Declaration. Data material, including audio files, transcriptions and field notes, were securely stored and managed. Participants were informed in their native language, both orally and in writing, about the aim of study, research ethics and the right to withdraw at any time during the study period. A professional interpreter was offered to all participants with ethnic minority background, and was subsequently involved in six interviews. Written consent was given by all except three participants among the older adults, who preferred to give their consent orally. Although written consent is clearly preferred, according to Danish guidelines verbal consent is also acceptable.
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