Brigden, Amberly http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7958-7881
Parslow, Roxanne M
Gaunt, Daisy
Collin, Simon M
Jones, Andy
Crawley, Esther
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research (SRF-2013-06-013)
Article History
Received: 20 March 2018
Accepted: 26 September 2018
First Online: 19 October 2018
Change Date: 18 February 2023
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-022-02078-7
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Qualitative data: Full ethical approval was obtained from the NRES Committee North West (08/04/2014, ref 14/NW/0170). An amendment to use one-to-one interviews with children, parents and clinicians who are unable to attend focus groups and to include exploration of important outcomes was approved (21/10/2014, ref 14/NW/0770). Relevant R&D approval was obtained from the RNHRD (20/06/2014, ref-RBB 427).Quantitative data: The quantitative data used in this study were collected as part of routine clinical practice and anonymised for the National Outcomes Database. Under the Governance Arrangements for Research Ethics Committees (September 2011), ethical review is not required for research limited to the use of previously collected, non-identifiable patient information.
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