Haring, Luuk V.
Hall, Joy T.
Janssen, Anton
Johannes, J. Marleen
Verhoeff, Arnoud P.
Ujcic-Voortman, Joanne K.
Article History
Received: 15 December 2022
Accepted: 18 October 2023
First Online: 8 November 2023
Declarations
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: This study was carried out in preparation for the start of the Sarphati Cohort. All procedures were approved by the Registration Committee of the City of Amsterdam. Exemption from the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO) was granted by the Medical Ethical Committee of Amsterdam UMC, location AMC (W16_340 # 16.398). In addition, the Sarphati Cohort received legal approval from the Amsterdam Personal Data Commission (CPA). CPA is a committee that advises on the privacy policy of the Amsterdam municipality and its implementation. Only after a positive assessment of the Extensive Risk Analysis on Information Security and Privacy and the Privacy Impact Analysis of the data-infrastructure and the app, could the development on the app be started in the second quarter of 2017. All the methods were carried out in accordance with relevant national and international guidelines and regulations as laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki. Participation for the test was on voluntary basis. Prior to the test participants signed an informed consent for conducting and audiotaping the interviews. As an incentive participants received a gift voucher of 10 euros.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.