Wiertsema, Suzanne H. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4356-8478
van Dongen, Johanna M.
Geleijn, Edwin
Beckerman, Heleen
Bloemers, Frank W.
Ostelo, Raymond W. J. G.
de Groot, Vincent
Funding for this research was provided by:
Achmea (Z516)
Article History
Received: 14 March 2019
Accepted: 20 September 2019
First Online: 8 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The medical ethics committee of the Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, assessed the present study, and decided the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO) was not applicable (registered under number 2013.454). All participants gave electronic informed consent by clicking the link to the online questionnaire in an email they received. This informed consent procedure was approved by the medical ethics committee of the Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, since the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO) was not applicable. The trial is registered at the Dutch Trial Register (NTR5474) and adheres to CONSORT guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.