Vogel, Ruth G. M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3600-6167
Bours, Gerrie J. J. W.
Metzelthin, Silke F.
Erkens, Petra M. G.
van Breukelen, Gerard J. P.
Zwakhalen, Sandra M. G.
van Rossum, Erik
Funding for this research was provided by:
ZonMw (520003001)
Living Lab in Ageing and Long-Term Care
Article History
Received: 12 March 2020
Accepted: 23 September 2020
First Online: 29 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Research Ethics Committee (METC Z) of Zuyderland and Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands (17-N-111), approved the study and concluded that the study was not subject to the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO) and thus no specific procedure for consent was provided. However, we considered it important that all participants were informed about the study and provided informed consent. Therefore, all participants received an information sheet stating the purpose and type of the research, what participation involves, what is expected, why the participants were invited, that it is allowed to talk to anyone about the research, that their participation is voluntary and that the data is confidential. All participants provided written or verbal informed consent. The informed consent forms are stored and archived in the appropriate facilities for a period of at least ten years after the final publication of the data.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.