Dahl, Marie https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3814-1709
Eiberg, Jonas
Borregaard, Britt
Petersen, Christian
Budtz-Lilly, Jacob
Shahidi, Saeid
Jørgensen, Trine
Christensen, Cecilia Serup
Lindholt, Henriette
Damsgaard, Bibi
Lindholt, Jes S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Clinic, Education and Research (CER) Communities, Cross-Sectoral Pathways with Interdisciplinary Solutions, Regional Hospital Central Denmark
Health Research Foundation of Central Denmark Region
Article History
Received: 3 July 2025
Accepted: 16 August 2026
First Online: 27 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The survey was listed in the record of processing activities for research in the Central Denmark Region (record 1-16-02-370-22) and the Region of Southern Denmark (record 22/58298), in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (Article 30) of the European Union. The Central Denmark Region approved data transfer from the study participants’ medical journals to the DanVasc database without patient consent on behalf of both regions pursuant to §46, sub-section 2 of the Danish Healthcare Act (record 1-45-70-94-22). Each department management provided further approval to contact patients, while approval for medical chart review was provided by the Hospital Management Boards (Odense) and the Central Denmark Region (Viborg) (record 1-16-5-72-719-23). Consent to participate was obtained via REDCap before answering the survey. For the paper-based version of the DanVasc survey, written consent was returned with the survey.
Consent for publication: Not applicable
Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.