Lorant, Vincent
Smith, Pierre
Van den Broeck, Kris
Nicaise, Pablo
Article History
Received: 19 November 2020
Accepted: 8 February 2021
First Online: 18 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants. Belgian law does not require approval from an ethics committee for an online survey of the general population. The study is, however, covered by privacy regulations. Participants were provided with the legal information relating to consent. All information related to respondents’ consent and the GDPR is available on request.This is in accordance with applicable laws, including Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council adopted on 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC – the General Data Protection Regulation.The study was carried out in full accordance with the relevant Belgian guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The author(s) declare(s) that they have no competing interest.