Elmose-Østerlund, Karsten
Dalgas, Birgitte Westerskov
Bredahl, Thomas Viskum Gjelstrup
Lenze, Lars
Høyer-Kruse, Jens
Ibsen, Bjarne
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nordea-fonden (02-2019-00025, 02-2019-00025, 02-2019-00025, 02-2019-00025, 02-2019-00025)
University Library of Southern Denmark
Article History
Received: 14 March 2023
Accepted: 22 November 2023
First Online: 2 December 2023
Declarations
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: In Denmark, applying for ethical approval prior to the collection of survey data is only required if the project involves human biological material according to the ‘Act on scientific ethical treatment of health science research projects and health data science research projects’ (LBK no. 1338 of 1/9/2020; ExternalRef removed). Since the ‘Moving Denmark’ project did not collect human biological material, no ethical approvement was required. However, the study and its data management procedures were approved (review number 10.680) by the Research and Innovation Organization (RIO) of the University of Southern Denmark, which is the office that approves the collection, use, disclosure, etc. of personal data in connection with research projects. RIO also gave legal advice and confirmed the legal basis of the informed consent used in the survey study. All research in the ‘Moving Denmark’ project was carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations in the Declaration of Helsinki. The survey participants were thoroughly informed about the purpose of the data collection, about who were responsible for the data collection, about how they were sampled as participants, and about how the data was treated and disseminated. It was emphasised to the participants that participation was voluntary, that they could withdraw consent at any time, and that data would be treated confidentially. Finally, it was made clear to the participants that they could appeal against the data collection. They had the opportunity to either contact a hotline that was staffed by researchers working on the project that could, e.g., delete them from the data collection, or to contact the data protection officer at the University of Southern Denmark by either mail og phone. All the data that collected in the project is stored and treated in accordance with Danish law for data protection and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.