Iversen, Hilde Hestad
Haugum, Mona
Ellingsen-Dalskau, Lina Harvold
Bjertnaes, Oyvind
Funding for this research was provided by:
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Article History
Received: 30 May 2023
Accepted: 20 December 2023
First Online: 4 January 2024
Declarations
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: The national survey was conducted as an anonymous quality assurance project. According to the joint body of the Norwegian Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics, research approval is not required for quality assurance projects. The Norwegian Social Science Data Services states that anonymous projects are not subject to notification. The NIPH Data Protection Officer recommended the approval of the quality assurance study, and it was formally approved by the research director of the NIPH healthcare services division. Patients were informed that participation was voluntary and their anonymity was assured. Vulnerable patients were protected by permitting the responsible professional at the institution to exclude individual patients for special ethical reasons, in line with the Declaration of Helsinki. Returning the completed questionnaire constituted patient informed consent, which is the standard procedure in all patient-experience surveys conducted by the NIPH.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.