Rosenbäck, Ritva Gisela
Svensson, Ann
Funding for this research was provided by:
University West
Article History
Received: 5 May 2022
Accepted: 15 February 2023
First Online: 28 February 2023
Declarations
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: The Swedish ethical legislation (<i>Lag (2003:460) om etikprövning av forskning som avser människor</i>) states that research projects that in a juridical sense collect “sensitive personal data” about the research subjects require approval by the national ethical review authority. Sensitive personal data are defined in the legislation as concerning:• race or ethnic origin.• political views.• religious or philosophical beliefs.• membership of trade unions.• health.• sexual orientation or sexual life.• violations of the law.The ethical legislation and the requirement for ethical review also apply to research that involves a physical intervention on people or methods aimed at influencing the research subjects physically or mentally.In this study, no sensitive personal data of the nature mentioned above, have been collected. Nor has the research been carried out using methods aimed at influencing the research subjects or involving any form of physical intervention on humans. In the interviews, no questions have been asked related to sensitive personal data. Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants. There were no subjects under the age of 16. All research subjects received information about the study and the interview guide before the interviews, and consented to participation in writing in accordance with the recommendations given by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority.The research has essentially been carried out in accordance with the ethical guidelines formulated in “The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity”, ALLEA – All European Academies (Revised Edition 2017).The research presented in the current article does not fall within the scope of the Swedish Ethical Review Act and therefore cannot be ethically reviewed in accordance with the law. This has also been confirmed by the secretary of the Ethics Review Authority in Sweden, who informed that the committee would not take the approval into consideration due to the lack of collection of sensitive personal data in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Ritva Rosenbäck is a Ph.D. student of Engineering system at University West, Sweden. Her research interests are production and operations logistics in healthcare organizations. She also serves as a managerial consultant within the area of strategic, tactic and operational management and planning in healthcare organizations in Sweden.Ann Svensson is Professor of Informatics and Work-Integrated Learning at University West, Sweden. Her research interests are within knowledge management, learning and collaboration in digitalization, with particular focus on professional work within and across organizations. She currently studies healthcare organizations. She also serves in editorial board of journals and conferences, as well as the director of Health Academy West, Sweden.