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Forster, Anne
Hartley, Suzanne
Barnard, Lorna
Ozer, Seline http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5791-5469
Hardicre, Natasha
Crocker, Tom
Fletcher, Marie
Moreau, Lauren
Atkinson, Ross
Hulme, Claire
Holloway, Ivana
Schmitt, Laetitia
House, Allan
Hewison, Jenny
Richardson, Gillian
Farrin, Amanda
Funding for this research was provided by:
Programme Grants for Applied Research (RP-PG-0611-20010)
Article History
Received: 27 October 2017
Accepted: 3 May 2018
First Online: 11 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval has been obtained through the Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee (REC) (Ref: 16/YH/0068). Ethical approval includes agreed processes for obtaining consent (or assent) from (or on behalf of) all stroke survivors and carers with and without capacity, in line with the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act. Informed consent (or consultee declaration) will be obtained from all participants in the study.Any protocol amendments will be approved by the REC prior to informing researchers and participating sites of any related process changes. Amendments impacting participants’ involvement will be communicated to them in an appropriate manner, as agreed by the REC.At the time of writing, the current approved protocol is version 6, dated 18th July 2017.
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