Bökberg, Christina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0821-1959
Sandberg, Jonas http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0566-4685
Funding for this research was provided by:
Vetenskapsrådet (VR 2014-2759)
Vårdalstiftelsen (2014-0071)
Lund University
Article History
Received: 3 November 2020
Accepted: 15 November 2021
First Online: 27 November 2021
Declarations
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: The KUPA project was approved by the Regional Ethics Review Board in Lund (reference number: 2015/4); its trial registration is as follows: NCT02708498. The study was guided by ethical principles for medical research in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki [CitationRef removed]. Verbal and written informed consent were obtained from the informants prior to the interviews. Before signing the informed consent form, the participants were given verbal and written information about the study so that they could make an autonomous, informed decision about participation in the study. Participation was voluntary and could be interrupted at any time without having to give a reason and without any consequences. To minimize the risk of unintentional harm, the interviews were conducted by researchers trained for the task and with previous interviewing experience. To maintain the principle of non-maleficence, the confidentiality of the participants was guaranteed. The collected data were encoded so that individuals could not be identified. Codes replaced the participants’ personal data. Only the codes were used during the analysis, and the findings were reported at the group level. The code lists are stored in locked cabinets apart from the interviews. To create an environment as beneficial as possible for the participants, the participants themselves chose the time and place for the interviews.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.