Funding for this research was provided by:
The Research Council of Norway (256431)
Article History
Received: 30 May 2019
Accepted: 28 August 2019
First Online: 5 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Health Research Act and the guide provided by the Ministry of Health and Care Services (English translation) define what is considered “medical and health research” in Norway. The Regional Ethical Committee (REC) judged this study outside the scope of the Norwegian Health Research Act (ref.nr 2017/756 B). The study was approved by the Hospital’s Privacy Ombudsman (nr. 2018–126) after an assessment of data protection, impact assessment and risks for participants.Participants received written information in advance, and informed consent form was signed and collected from all the participants prior to interview. They were informed that they were free to abort the interview or withdraw from the study at any time until data was analyzed and for practical reasons impossible to extract from synthesis.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.