Mellor, Alix
Hamill, Kellie
Jenkins, Melissa M.
Baucom, Donald H.
Norton, Peter J.
Drummond, Sean P. A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9815-626X
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1105458)
Article History
Received: 24 September 2018
Accepted: 28 March 2019
First Online: 8 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The trial protocol and amendments have been approved by the Ethics at Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (MUHREC; approval number CF16/276–2,016,000,125) and is a registered clinical trial under the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12616000586415).Participation in the project is voluntary and requires written informed consent. Participants have the right to stop treatment and cease the trial at any stage. If one person in the couple decides to withdraw, the couple would have to withdraw from the trial. The randomisation of the treatment is considered ethical, as all treatments are active with benefits thought to be gained from all conditions.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.