Billings, Jenny https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5660-9478
de Bruin, Simone R.
Baan, Caroline
Nijpels, Giel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (634144)
Article History
Received: 2 June 2020
Accepted: 29 September 2020
First Online: 23 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All seven countries participating in SUSTAIN obtained ethical approval according to their own governance procedures. Regarding consent to participate, written informed consent was obtained from all participants in all countries. The details of the institutions seeking approval and their respective Ethics Committees are as follows:<b>Austria</b>. Institution: Osterreichishe Plattform fur Interdisziplinare Alternsfragen. Ethics committee of Vienna.<b>Catalonia, Spain</b>. Institution: Agencia de Qualitat/Avaluacio Sanitaries de Catalunya. Ethics Committee: Comite Etica D’Investigacio Clinica 2015888.<b>Estonia</b>. Institution: Sihtasutus Poliitikauuringute Keskus Praxis. Ethics committee: Meditsiiniuuringute Eetikakomitee 1187.<b>Germany</b>. Institution: Stiftung Gesundheit. Ethics committees: Medical Association of Berlin and Medical Association of Brandenburg.<b>The Netherlands</b>. Institution: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheit en Milieu Centrum voor Voedin. Ethics committee: Medische Ethische Toetsingscommissie VU Medisch Centrum 2016.507.<b>Norway</b>. Institution: University of Olso. Ethics Committee: REK Regionale Komiteer for Medisinsk og Helsefaglig Forskningsetikk 2016/2004/REK.<b>UK</b>. Institution: University of Kent. Health Research Authority approval ref. 16/1EC08/0045.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.