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Article History

Received: 6 October 2022

Accepted: 11 May 2023

First Online: 18 May 2023

Declarations

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: All data were collected and handled in accordance with the relevant privacy protection guidelines<i>.</i> According to Dutch law our study does not fall under the remit of the ‘Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act’ and no approval by a medical ethics committee was necessary []. This act is based on the Helsinki declaration of the World Medical Association and is executed by the Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO). First, our study involved the use of existing documentation derived retrospectively from the improvement trajectories within the D&p programme. Second, no actions or rules of conduct were imposed on the interviewees. Third, one-off interviews were conducted with health care professionals and coaches, without compromising the physical or psychological integrity of the interviewees; the interviews did not bring about a (temporary) change in the subject’s lifestyle, questions were not psychologically probing and the nature of the questions were not such that the subject could be regarded as having received a particular treatment or having asked to behave in a particular way []. Prior to the interviews, written informed consent was obtained from all interviewees based on detailed information on interview procedures, data handling, publication of anonymized data and privacy regulations. As part of the programme agreement, written informed consent for the use of the improvement plans and final evaluation reports was obtained from representatives of all participating nursing home organizations.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.