Boltzmann, Melanie
Schmidt, Simone B.
Gutenbrunner, Christoph
Krauss, Joachim K.
Stangel, Martin
Höglinger, Günter U.
Wallesch, Claus-W.
Rollnik, Jens D.
Article History
Received: 28 January 2020
Accepted: 19 January 2021
First Online: 30 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was designed and performed according to the principles of Good Clinical Practice Guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki. Data were obtained as part of the project “Communication in Minimally Conscious State Patients” (CoMiCon), which was approved by the Committee for Clinical Ethics of the Hannover Medical School (ID:7485). Legal representatives of the patients gave their written consent that routine care data can be analyzed for healthcare research. Data analysis was carried out anonymized respecting data protection regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.