Cox, Antoon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2261-1721
Larocque, Marianne Couillard https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7404-882X
Dauby, Nicolas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7697-6849
Leanza, Yvan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0059-7049
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO), Belgium
Brussels Institute for the encouragement of scientific research and innovation (INNOVIRIS), Belgium
Fonds de Recherche de Québec (FRQ), Canada
Article History
Received: 1 May 2024
Accepted: 22 February 2025
First Online: 7 May 2025
Declarations
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: Ethics approval for data collection was obtained as per the requirements of the hospital ethics board of the hospital under study (Comité Local d’Ethique Hospitalier – O.M. 007; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire CHU Saint-Pierre, Rue Haute 322, 1000 Bruxelles; approval number AK/12-10-81/4181). An oral informed consent procedure was designed in compliance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects. Especially for this research project an oral informed consent system was created that consisted of pre-recorded spoken explanations on the consent procedure in different languages which were played to the patient and companion.
: The authors declare no competing interests.