Løvgren, Pia Jorde
Laake, Petter
Narud, Kjersti
Reitan, Solveig Klæbo
Bjørkly, Stål
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Oslo
Article History
Received: 12 January 2023
Accepted: 30 June 2023
First Online: 7 July 2023
Declarations
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: The Regional Ethics Committee for Medical Research Ethics in South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority determined that this study was outside the scope of the Health Research Act (2014/539). As the study objects were the reports, and no personal information regarding the defendants was recorded, informed consent from the defendants was not needed. The Council of Confidentiality and Research within the Ministry of Justice approved the study, as did the Office of the Attorney General. The Norwegian Board of Forensic Medicine gave access and anonymized all reports from their archives. The Data Protection Officer at the Oslo University Hospital approved the study (2015/2498). The reports and our registration form were given a corresponding ID number, and the anonymized data are stored in Oslo University Hospital’s research server. The need for written informed consent was waived by The Regional Ethics Committee for Medical Research Ethics in South-Eastern Norway, due to the retrospective nature of the study.The authors confirm that the research was performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.