Möckli, Nathalie
Simon, Michael
Meyer-Massetti, Carla
Pihet, Sandrine
Fischer, Roland
Wächter, Matthias
Serdaly, Christine
Zúñiga, Franziska http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8844-4903
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nursing Science Foundation Switzerland (ID 3003-2019)
Ebnet-Stiftung
Article History
Received: 10 March 2021
Accepted: 18 March 2021
First Online: 6 April 2021
Declarations
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: We obtained declarations of no objection [Req- 2020-00110] from the ethics committees of the cantons in which the participating homecare agencies are located, with the Ethics Committee of Northwestern and Central Switzerland (EKNZ) as the leading ethics committee. Moreover, informed written consent will be obtained from all participating homecare agencies; and we are currently concluding a data protection agreement with every participating health insurance company. As the client data are routinely collected and anonymized, no informed consent from clients is needed. The questionnaire’s first page will inform clients, informal caregivers and homecare employees about the voluntary nature of participation and data confidentiality, and will explain that returning the completed questionnaires will be considered as informed consent. The Institute of Nursing Science ensures strictly confidential treatment of all agency, employee, client and relative data. As this is an observational study, the risk that this research project entails for clients, informal caregivers, homecare employees and homecare agencies can be considered minimal [CitationRef removed].
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.