Slåtsveen, Ruth-Ellen
Wibe, Torunn
Halvorsrud, Liv
Lund, Anne
Article History
Received: 12 December 2022
Accepted: 13 June 2023
First Online: 30 June 2023
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out following relevant guidelines and regulations in terms of qualitative study research and inductive thematic analysis. The Norwegian National Research Ethics Committee for medical and health research (NEM) did an assessment of the study and the need for their approval was waived due the study’s focus on health service research and not with the aim to provide new knowledge about health and disease which is within NEM’s mandate, ref.number 166973. According to Norwegian research regulations, research protocols should in such cases be approved by the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD) to ensure ethical issues related to privacy protection. All experimental protocols were approved by the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD), ref. number 807733. NSD issues nationally valid judgements for studies within the Norwegian context. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to the data collection. Before the meetings and interviews, the researcher gave a reminder of the main information in the consent form, the voluntariness, confidentiality, and freedom to refuse or withdraw from the study at any stage.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.