Martiskainen, Tuula
Lamidi, Marja-Leena
Venojärvi, Mika
Tikkanen, Heikki
Laatikainen, Tiina
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding
The Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland project IMPRO, (312703, 336325)
The Effective Life-style Counseling for Social and Health Care Cross-Functionally (VESOTE) -project
Article History
Received: 17 November 2022
Accepted: 1 August 2023
First Online: 7 August 2023
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was carried out as a register-based study which, in accordance, with Finnish legislation (Act on secondary use of social and health data 26.4.2019/552; ExternalRef removed), does not require ethics approval nor informed consent from the patients. Permission to use register data was achieved from the Joint Municipal Authority for North Karelia social and health services (Siun sote) (permission number: 930/13.00.01.01/2017). Data management and analyses have been carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations in Finland.
: Not applicable.