Ayerle, Gertrud M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5120-6576
Schäfers, Rainhild
Mattern, Elke
Striebich, Sabine
Haastert, Burkhard
Vomhof, Markus
Icks, Andrea
Ronniger, Yvonne
Seliger, Gregor
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01KG1715)
Article History
Received: 11 June 2018
Accepted: 13 October 2018
First Online: 19 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The ethics committee of the Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in Halle (Saale), Germany, reviewed the study protocol and associated materials (recruitment media, participant information sheet, consent form and complete CRF) and approved it on 2 February 2018. The committee’s reference number is 2017–140. Moreover, the federal states’ ethical committees responsible for the medical doctors employed at the participating hospitals approved the conduct of the study. Important protocol modifications will be communicated to all ethical committees concerned.
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