Sevild, Cille H. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5523-3731
Niemiec, Christopher P.
Bru, Lars Edvin
Dyrstad, Sindre M.
Husebø, Anne Marie Lunde
Article History
Received: 1 April 2020
Accepted: 12 June 2020
First Online: 26 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics in Norway was given a written description of the project and concluded that special ethics approval was not necessary for this study based on the Legal Act of Health Research, which states that evaluations of pre-existing services do not require approval from the Ethics Committee. That being said, the project was mandated to be performed in a manner that protected privacy and confidentiality. The Data Protection Officer in the Municipality of Stavanger and the Norwegian Data Protection Authority granted permission for collecting and storing the data. All participants provided informed written consent after receiving information about the purpose and procedures of this study as well as how data would be handled in a secure way.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that there are no competing interests.