Wrotek, Małgorzata http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1450-3509
Kalbarczyk, Małgorzata http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9431-1947
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Warsaw, Poland (01/IDUB/2019/94, 01/IDUB/2019/94)
Article History
Received: 24 October 2022
Accepted: 4 August 2023
First Online: 24 August 2023
Declarations
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: The study uses data from publicly available SHARE survey database and unique data collected from in-patient LTC facilities in Poland. The SHARE study is subject to continuous ethics review. During Waves 1 to 4, SHARE was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Mannheim. Wave 4 and the continuation of the project were reviewed and approved by the Ethics Council of the Max Planck Society. In addition, the country implementations of SHARE were reviewed and approved by the respective ethics committees or institutional review boards whenever this was required. The numerous reviews covered all aspects of the SHARE study, including sub-projects and confirmed the project to be compliant with the relevant legal norms and that the project and its procedures agree with international ethical standards. Opinion of the Ethics Council of the Max Planck Society on the “SHARE” Project: ExternalRef removedData collection from in-patient LTC facilities in Poland was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of University of Warsaw Faculty of Economic Sciences (reference no. 4/2021). The need for Informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee of University of Warsaw. All methods were carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.