Wathne, Jannicke Slettli https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0828-2909
Harthug, Stig
Kleppe, Lars Kåre Selland
Blix, Hege Salvesen
Nilsen, Roy M.
Charani, Esmita
Smith, Ingrid
Funding for this research was provided by:
National institute for Health Research, Department of Health (HPRU-2012-10047)
Article History
Received: 16 December 2018
Accepted: 29 March 2019
First Online: 15 April 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, national and institutional standards []. The study was approved by the local data protection officer (2013/9352) and the regional ethical committee approved the waiver of informed consent (2013/1305). All patients were informed in writing about the study taking place and given the opportunity to withdraw.
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