Carlén, Kristina
Suominen, Sakari
Augustine, Lilly
Funding for this research was provided by:
Stiftelsen Kempe-Carlgrenska Fonden
University of Skövde
Article History
Received: 21 February 2023
Accepted: 15 November 2023
First Online: 25 November 2023
Declarations
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: Ethics approval and consent to participate in the research programme LoRDIA has ethical approval from the Regional Research Review Board in Gothenburg in 2013 (No. 362 − 13), with two additional permissions for Wave 5 (No. T465-17) and (No. T553-18). The study has been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Sweden has a strict approach regarding ethics and demands informed consent to participate from all participants. In this study, much focus was directed on ensuring parents received information via mail to consent and how to abstain. In that way, parents’ consent was obtained. Collecting informed consent this way was deemed necessary by the ethics authority in Gothenburg to follow the development of health over time in young people. However, the parents were emailed information about the study and their child’s participation and asked to respond by email or phone if they did not want their child to attend. Then the adolescents were informed before data collection with the option to decline without justifying why: Ensuring informed consent from parents and adolescents.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.