Rosenbäck, Ritva
Eriksson, Kristina M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University West
Article History
Received: 4 December 2023
Accepted: 12 June 2024
First Online: 21 June 2024
Declarations
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: The Swedish ethical legislation (Law (2003:460) om etikprövning av forskning som avser människor) outlines that in cases where a research project collect data that in the sense of the law concerns “sensitive personal data” then the project requires approval by the national ethical review authority, Sensitive personal data is defined in the legislation on the bases that it concerns data on the research subjects according to the following: • racial or ethnic origin • political views • religious or philosophical beliefs • membership of trade unions • health • sexual orientation or sexual life • personal data on violations of the law. Ethical legislation and the requirement for ethical review also include research that involves a physical intervention on people or methods aimed at influencing the research subjects physically or mentally. In this study, no sensitive personal data, of the nature mentioned above, has been collected. Nor has the research been carried out using methods aimed at influencing the research subjects or involving any form of physical intervention on humans. In the interviews conducted, no questions have been asked related to sensitive personal data. The informed consent was obtained from all study participants. There were no subjects under 16. The informed consent obtained was written. All research subjects have before the interviews received information about the study, have received the interview guide in advance, and have consented to participation in writing, in accordance with the recommendations given by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority. The research has essentially been carried out in accordance with the ethical guidelines formulated in “The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity”, ALLEA – All European Academies (Revised Edition 2017). The research presented in the current article does not fall within the scope of the Swedish Ethical Review Act and therefore cannot be ethical reviewed in accordance with the law. This has also been confirmed by the secretary of the Ethics Review Authority in Sweden. The secretary of the Ethics Review Authority in Sweden informed that the committee would not take the approval into consideration due to the lack of collection of sensitive personal data in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.