Burrell, Lisa Victoria
Rostad, Hanne Marie
Wentzel-Larsen, Tore
Skinner, Marianne Sundlisæter
Sogstad, Maren Kristine Raknes
Funding for this research was provided by:
NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Article History
Received: 17 August 2022
Accepted: 3 June 2023
First Online: 27 July 2023
Declarations
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: Register data from the KOSTRA database is publicly available. Register data from NRPHC was provided after the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics in Norway gave an exemption to the requirement of confidentiality (reference number 76190). The survey study, which the long-term care model of the municipality is based on, was reported to the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (reference number 847216) before data collection. The Norwegian Centre for Research Data concluded that the processing of personal data in the project was in accordance with privacy legislation and they approved the process of gaining consent from participants. The informed consent form was attached to the email sent to potential respondents, where the email text stated that by completing the survey, the person consented to participation. Participation was confidential, and participants could only be identified by a few of the researchers. The survey study did not require approval from an ethical committee since it is not classified as medical and health research (defined as research on humans, human biological material and personal health information, which aims to generate new knowledge about health and diseases), and ethical approval was hence deemed unnecessary according to The Act on medical and health research (the Health Research Act)[CitationRef removed] in Norway. The study was performed in accordance with ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.