Jansen, Trine-Lise
Danbolt, Lars Johan
Hanssen, Ingrid
Hem, Marit Helene
Article History
Received: 20 May 2021
Accepted: 23 February 2022
First Online: 23 March 2022
Declarations
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: The study was evaluated and approved by the Data Protection Officer at the Norwegian Social Science Data Services (Ref. No. 188755) which is the national ethical research approval institution (previously named Norwegian Centre for Research), the hospitals’ Privacy Representative, and the local heads of the respective hospital units and wards. According to Norwegian regulation, no further research ethics approval was required. Respondents were informed about the project in writing and signed a voluntary, informed consent form before the data collection was started. All interviewees were informed in writing that participation was confidential and voluntary and that they were free to withdraw at any time. Institutions and interviewees were made anonymous during the transcription process. Transcriptions and recordings are stored according to ethical research guidelines (Helsedirektoratet 2009). Reference: Helsedirektoratet (2009). <i>Personvern og informasjonssikkerhet i forskningsprosjekter innenfor helse- og omsorgssektoren [Subject protection and information security in research projects within health care].</i> Oslo: The Norwegian Directorate of Health. Recorded interviews will be deleted upon the conclusion of the project.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.