Rostad, Hanne Marie
Skinner, Marianne Sundlisæter
Hellesø, Ragnhild
Sogstad, Maren Kristine Raknes
Funding for this research was provided by:
Norges Forskningsråd (200446)
Article History
Received: 14 January 2020
Accepted: 12 August 2020
First Online: 26 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was reported to the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (reference no. 847216) before initiation of data collection. The Norwegian Centre for Research Data concluded that the processing of personal data in the project was in accordance with privacy legislation. The study did not require approval from an ethical committee as it does not fall under the category of medical and health research (defined as research on humans, human biological material and personal health information, which aims to generate new knowledge about health and diseases).Participation was confidential. The participants could be identified, but only by the researchers.The informed consent form was attached to the email sent to potential respondents, where the email text stated that by completing the survey, the person consented to participation. This was approved by the Norwegian Centre for Research Data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.