van den Berg, Bellis
Zuure, Marrit B.
Vermunt, Paulien
Zondervan-Zwijnenburg, Mariëlle
Minkman, Mirella
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministery of Health, Welfare and Sports, the Netherlands
Article History
Received: 13 September 2024
Accepted: 21 March 2025
First Online: 8 April 2025
Declarations
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: All data were collected and handled in accordance with the relevant privacy protection guidelines. 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).Respondents received information about the participation of the facility in the quality improvement programme and about the goals and content of the questionnaire. Verbal informed consent was obtained from respondents who completed a questionnaire anonymously, and their response expressed their willingness to participate. No email addresses, contact information and socio-demographic information of respondents were collected to ensure privacy and anonymity of respondents. Completing the questionnaires did not bring about a (temporary) change in the subject’s lifestyle, questions were not psychologically probing [, ].
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.