Weise, Judith
Heckmann, Matthias
Bahlmann, Hagen
Ittermann, Till
Allenberg, Heike
Domanski, Grzegorz
Lange, Anja Erika
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Greifswald (DE 227825354)
Article History
Received: 17 January 2019
Accepted: 20 November 2019
First Online: 5 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Research based on patient-related data and human DNA is strictly regulated by German law. The collection of detailed personal data combined with sampling of biomaterials demands strict confidentiality. Our study complies with international guidelines of ethical research based on the Declaration of Helsinki. The study design was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Board of Physicians Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at the University of Greifswald. Eligible women were asked for written informed consent; in cases of legally minor mothers, i.e. aged < 18 years, the additional signature of the newborn’s legal caregiver was required. Written informed consent included data assessment in face-to-face interviews, self-administered questionnaires and patient records. It also covered biosamples of blood. Furthermore, data storage of pseudonymized data was given informed consent to, as well as their analyses and publication.
: not applicable.