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Ozer, Seline https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5791-5469
Atkinson, Ross https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8976-2754
House, Allan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8721-8026
Hewison, Jenny https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3026-3250
McKevitt, Christopher https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5290-4613
Forster, Anne https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7466-4414
Farrin, Amanda J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2876-0584
Funding for this research was provided by:
Programme Grants for Applied Research (RP-PG-0611-20010)
Article History
Received: 9 January 2018
Accepted: 10 May 2018
First Online: 11 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval has been obtained through the Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds West Research Ethics Committee (REC) (16/YH/0390).Ethical approval includes agreed processes for obtaining consent (or consultee declaration) from (or with regard to) all staff, stroke survivors and carers with and without capacity, in line with the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act.Any protocol amendments will be approved by the REC prior to informing researchers and participating sites of any related process changes. Amendments impacting participants’ involvement will be communicated to them in an appropriate manner, as agreed by the REC. At the time of writing, the current approved protocol is version 2, dated 20 March 2017.
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