Sjöberg, M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9362-7464
Edberg, A.-K. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0161-4795
Rasmussen, B. H. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0830-6058
Beck, I. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7790-6906
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kristianstad University
Article History
Received: 20 November 2020
Accepted: 11 May 2021
First Online: 24 June 2021
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Regional Ethical Review Board in Lund, Sweden (ref. no. 2017/501) and, on behalf of the deceased, by the Regional Council (ref. no. 229–7). The operations manager of each geographical area was informed of the study and provided written approval of it. Authority to review the records was granted to the present researchers; however, access to the electronic records was available for only a limited time. A personal access code was used to access the records. The data from the reviewed records were saved on an external hard drive and were kept in a locked, secure location when not used. Data for this study comprised patient records of deceased older people who themselves could not give their consent. However, informed consent was obtained by the legally authorised representative, i.e., the Regional Council, and the procedure for retrieving the patient records of deceased patients was conducted in accordance with Swedish Ethics Law [CitationRef removed].
: Not applicable.
: None.