van Kranenburg, G. D.
van den Brink, R. H. S.
Mulder, W. G.
Diekman, W. J.
Pijnenborg, G. H. M.
Mulder, C. L.
Article History
Received: 9 May 2019
Accepted: 22 August 2019
First Online: 3 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol of this study was reviewed and approved by the Dutch Medical Ethical Committee for the Mental Health Services and judged to be in accordance with the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act and the Dutch Medical Treatment Agreement Act (Metc no: NL30019.097.09). In accordance with the criteria for anonymous and aggregated use of Routine Outcome Assessment data for research, only patients who did not object to such use were included. No informed consent was required for using anonymized data collected as part of routine care for scientific purposes (Stichting Medisch-Ethische Toetsingscommissie Instellingen Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg, METiGG, Nederland).
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.