Yang, Fan
Wangen, Knut Reidar
Victor, Mattias
Solbakken, Ole André
Holman, Per Arne
Article History
Received: 24 November 2021
Accepted: 23 November 2022
First Online: 20 December 2022
Declarations
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: The study is not defined as a 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), but as a quality assurance study of health service. Thus, according to the Health Research Act, the project is not requiring approval from the Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REC). It has been confirmed by REC that quality assurance study should not apply for approval [CitationRef removed]. The data set was extracted from Lovisenberg CMHC’s quality register (LOVePROM) in anonymous form. On that ground, the Lovisenberg Hospital’s.
: privacy office (reference no. 2021/1739) approved use of data for the study without specific written consent from patients, as such data are routinely collected in the context of mandatory quality assurance. Beyond this, the study was conducted accordance with the relevant.
: guidelines and regulations of the Helsinki Declaration.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.