Parreira, Pedro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3880-6590
Sousa, Liliana B.
Marques, Inês A.
Santos-Costa, Paulo
Braga, Luciene M.
Cruz, Arménio
Salgueiro-Oliveira, Anabela
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agência Nacional de Inovação (POCI-01- 0247-FEDER-017604)
Article History
Received: 5 September 2019
Accepted: 5 November 2019
First Online: 14 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All ethical aspects were considered. The present study will be conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration. The submission of the clinical research protocol to Portuguese legal entities will be completed after the conclusion of the pre-clinical studies on this new medical device. Before inclusion, nurses will explain the trial information to patients thoroughly, and patients are given enough time before signing informed consents. Participants are free to withdraw at any time. The investigators’ contact information is given to the participants should they have any questions. (Ethics committee CAEE 9929188.8.0000.5153 approved 17/10/2018; and Ethics Committee of the Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing from the Nursing School of Coimbra - approval number P608–8/2019).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.