Gaden, Tora Söderström http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0317-6442
Gold, Christian
Assmus, Jörg
Kvestad, Ingrid
Stordal, Andreas Størksen
Bieleninik, Łucja
Ghetti, Claire
Funding for this research was provided by:
Norges Forskningsråd (273534)
Article History
Received: 1 July 2022
Accepted: 28 November 2022
First Online: 3 March 2023
Declarations
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: Ethics approval for the LongSTEP trial was granted by The Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (2018/994/REK Nord, 03 July 2018). Each site also obtained ethics approvals in accordance with local and national procedures for clinical research. Informed consent from participants was obtained after written and oral explanation of project’s aims, duration of involvement, expected benefits to participants and others, nature of the interventions, procedures involved in participation, and any potential risks. It was emphasized that participation in the study was voluntary and that participants could withdraw at any time from all or part of the study.
: All study participants were informed and consented to that the outcomes of the study were to be published, but that no details would be divulged from which the participant could be identified.
: The authors declare no competing interests.