Bjälkefur, Kerstin
Nasic, Salmir
Bertholds, Eric
Jood, Katarina
Rejnö, Åsa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6454-9575
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Skaraborg Institute for Research and Development (06‐1045)
the Medical Fund at the Skaraborg Hospital
Article History
Received: 30 January 2020
Accepted: 13 October 2020
First Online: 24 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Regional Ethics Board in Gothenburg (app.nr 270–14) and was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki [CitationRef removed]. The participants approved to being part of the registry when admitted to hospital. No formal written informed consent was obtained for present study. The participants were informed about the voluntary participation in the covering letter sent together with the yearly questionnaire therefore consent to participate was presumed when a filled out questionnaire was returned.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.