Ortega-Morán, Juan Francisco
Azpeitia, Águeda
Sánchez-Peralta, Luisa F.
Bote-Curiel, Luis
Pagador, Blas
Cabezón, Virginia
Saratxaga, Cristina L.
Sánchez-Margallo, Francisco M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Funded by “Consejería de Economía, Ciencia y Agenda Digital, Junta de Extremadura” and co-funded by European Union (GR18199)
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (732111)
Article History
Received: 13 October 2020
Accepted: 14 April 2021
First Online: 26 April 2021
Declarations
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: This study was deemed exempt from review by the Ethical Committee of the Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre because it was not within the scope of Law 14/2007 of 3rd July on Biomedical Research. This national regulation indicates that human health-related research involving invasive procedures needs approval by the ethical committee, but in this study the participants were not involved in invasive procedures. For the same reason, it was not considered necessary for participants to sign a written informed consent. Only verbal informed consent was considered sufficient. All participants were informed about the objectives, length and procedure of the study, the institutions responsible for the research, the contact people, the confidentiality and anonymity of the research data, and that their participation was voluntary, and they could withdraw from the study at any time if they wished to.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.