Schönenberger, Nicole http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8045-1084
Sottas, Beat
Merlo, Christoph
Essig, Stefan
Gysin, Stefan
Funding for this research was provided by:
CSS Insurance
Ebnet-Stiftung
Health Department of the Canton Uri
Health Department of the Canton Schwyz
Article History
Received: 7 June 2020
Accepted: 14 September 2020
First Online: 23 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Each participant gave a written consent to voluntarily participate in the study, knowing that it is possible to withdraw from the study at any time without a reason. The data collected from the patients were treated confidentially and stored securely. Additionally, a jurisdictional inquiry from the Ethics Committee Northwest/Central Switzerland EKNZ (Req-2019-01039) confirmed that this research project does not need ethical approval but fulfils the general ethical and scientific standards for research with humans.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.