Soukkio, Paula http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6991-4095
Suikkanen, Sara
Kääriä, Sanna
Kautiainen, Hannu
Sipilä, Sarianna
Kukkonen-Harjula, Katriina
Hupli, Markku
Funding for this research was provided by:
Social insurance institution of Finland (94/331/2013)
South Karelia social and health care district (1236/00.01.05.01/2013)
Sosiaali- ja Terveysministeriö (VTR September 15, 2016)
Article History
Received: 10 July 2017
Accepted: 12 September 2018
First Online: 1 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The HIPFRA study has been evaluated in the Helsinki University Hospital’s (HUS) Coordinating Ethics Committee. The study protocol was approved by the coordinating ethics committee on Nov 14, 2014 (document identification number 253/13/03/00/14). Some minor amendment to the research protocol of HIPFRA study documents was made in spring 2017, and approved by the HUS Coordinating Ethics Committee on March 21, 2017 (HUS/891/2017).This study will comply with the Declaration of Helsinki and the Finnish legislation on Medical research act (488/1999, changed 295/2004, 794/2010, 143/2015). All participants are given both oral and written information about the study and they sign an informed consent before randomization.
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