Skaffari, Eetu
Iirola, Timo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9019-849X
Nordquist, Hilla http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9641-6518
Article History
Received: 6 November 2023
Accepted: 6 March 2024
First Online: 13 March 2024
Declarations
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: The study followed good scientific practices defined by the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK [CitationRef removed]. The study was conducted per the Helsinki Declaration and all the appropriate national guidelines. Conventions of data protection and information security were applied. The ethical review was completed by the Finnish national guidelines [CitationRef removed]. The South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences ethics committee evaluated the research plan. It provided a favorable ethical statement for the study (the ethics committee does not provide specific numbers for their statements). A research permit (T14/2023) was applied for from the Turku Clinical Research Centre and granted. All the study material was handled inside the hospital premises, including patients’ social security numbers and everything else that could identify patients. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects and/or their legal guardian(s).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.