Saal, Susanne http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2493-601X
Meyer, Gabriele
Beutner, Katrin
Klingshirn, Hanna
Strobl, Ralf
Grill, Eva
Mann, Eva
Köpke, Sascha
Bleijlevens, Michel H. C.
Bartoszek, Gabriele
Stephan, Anna-Janina
Hirt, Julian
Müller, Martin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (016Y1113A, 016Y1113B)
Article History
Received: 26 June 2017
Accepted: 13 February 2018
First Online: 28 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practice guidelines. The protocol of the study data used in the graphical models received approval from the research ethics committee of the Medical Faculty of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (ID: 530–12), and the protocol of the group discussions with nursing home residents gained approval from the ethics committee of the German Society of Nursing Science (DGP) (ID: 15–002). Written informed consent was obtained from participants of both studies. The trial was registered in the German clinical trials register, reference number DRKS00010037, registration date 12 February 2016.
: Not applicable.
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