Nylén-Eriksen, Mats http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3254-2774
Lara-Cabrera, Mariela Loreto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7342-9049
Grov, Ellen Karine http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5347-8812
Skarsvaag, Hanne
Lie, Irene http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0461-7812
Dahl-Michelsen, Tone http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2923-5036
Sæterstrand, Torill Margaret http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5896-7001
Mandahl, Arthur
Hafstad, Hege
Lersveen, Mona Breding
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-3873
Article History
Received: 17 November 2021
Accepted: 17 March 2022
First Online: 10 April 2022
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki [CitationRef removed]. In accordance with legislation, the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD) procedures, applying for ethical approval was not necessary, as no personal data was collected, and the obtained data was collected and processed anonymously [CitationRef removed]. This was confirmed when consulting with the local Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK) prior to data collection. All data obtained in this study is anonymous in the sense that the researchers were not able to identify the responders, and the data-file did not contain any sensitive information. The use of EasyQuest ensured anonymity by not providing information that could identify the respondent and no ability to link the answers to the respondent. The log files kept by EasyQuest´ web servers, including originating IP addresses is not connected to respondents´ survey responses [CitationRef removed]. Written informed consent was not obtained from the survey participants, rather they received written information about the survey and by agreeing to anonymously fill out the questionnaire they gave their consent to participate. The purposeful low number of demographic questions in the questionnaire was another step to ensure the anonymity of the respondents. Thus, the confidentiality and anonymity were carefully ensured.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.