Overwijk, A.
Hilgenkamp, T. I. M.
van der Schans, C. P.
Krijnen, W. P.
Vlot-van Anrooij, K.
van der Putten, A. A. J.
Waninge, A.
Article History
Received: 17 June 2021
Accepted: 26 November 2021
First Online: 2 January 2022
Declarations
:
: This study was conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and has been independently reviewed by the Medical Ethical Committee of the University Medical Centre Groningen (study number: 201700164). Exemption of this Committee was received because in this type of research no action or code of conduct is imposed on persons (WMO: Medical Research involving Human Subjects Act). In addition, the research is conducted according to the ethical guidelines of the Medical Treatment Contracts Act (WGBO), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR/ENG or AVG/NL), and FEDERA’s codes of conduct. Participation of all respondents was voluntary and of no consequences to their work evaluations or rewards. Participants had the option to withdraw from participation without any consequences. Resistance among people with ID has been taken into account in the context of the Medical Research involving Human Subjects Act. DSPs, people with ID, managers/coordinator of the participating (residential) facilities, and the trainers of the program provided written informed consent for the study. Legal representatives provided written informed consent for the people with moderate to profound ID.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.