Fenocchi, Linda
Mason, Helen
Macaulay, Lisa
O’Dolan, Catriona
Treweek, Shaun
Booth, Joanne
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR HTA 15/130/73, NIHR HTA 15/130/73, NIHR HTA 15/130/73, NIHR HTA 15/130/73, NIHR HTA 15/130/73, NIHR HTA 15/130/73)
Article History
Received: 30 September 2022
Accepted: 5 November 2023
First Online: 22 November 2023
Declarations
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: The ELECTRIC trial was conducted in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations and was approved by The Yorkshire and The Humber Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee (IRAS ID 233879) for English sites and from the Scotland A Research Ethics Committee (IRAS ID 224515) for Scottish sites. Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) granted ethical approval for involvement of care homes run by Glasgow City Council on 14/09/2018. The ELECTRIC trial protocol was published in Trials in 2019 [CitationRef removed]. Statutory requirements on capacity to provide informed consent to participate in research in Scotland and England were followed. Informed consent to participate was sought from residents or, for adults lacking capacity, from their welfare attorney/nearest relative (Scotland) or resident’s personal consultee (usually a family member or friend), or if one was not available, a nominated consultee identified by the CH study team (England).
: Not applicable.
: Joanne Booth reports grants from the NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme during the conduct of the ELECTRIC study (16/111/31 – ICONS II: Identifying Continence OptioNs after Stroke randomised controlled trial). All other authors have no competing interest.