Deutsch, Tobias
Winter, Marcus
Lippmann, Stefan
Geier, Anne-Kathrin
Braun, Kristin
Frese, Thomas
Article History
Received: 6 March 2018
Accepted: 28 December 2018
First Online: 25 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: According to the regulations of the ethics committee of the Leipzig Medical Faculty an explicit ethical approval is only necessary if epidemiological research includes personally identifiable information. This was not the case in this social research study based on anonymous questionnaires. All participants were informed about the study by a formal cover letter explaining the background of our research and the anonymized and statistically aggregated analysis of all data (not allowing personal identification). Participation in the study was completely voluntary. Completing and returning the questionnaire was interpreted as informed consent to take part in our study.
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