Jakobsen, Monika Dybdahl http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8334-8488
Obstfelder, Aud
Braaten, Tonje
Abelsen, Birgit
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway (4025)
Article History
Received: 1 December 2017
Accepted: 10 June 2019
First Online: 8 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Before the study started and in line with procedures, the authors sent a remit assessment to the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REC) North. REC North is administratively organized under UiT The Arctic University of Norway. REC North responded that the present study did not require approval from REC (2014/1565). In addition, and also in line with procedures, a notification form was submitted to The Norwegian Centre for Research Data, and the study was approved (project number 40138). All participants gave written consent to participate in the study, and all procedures in the study were in full compliance with the ethical standards of The Norwegian Centre for Research Data and with the 2004 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments.
: Not applicable.
: The authors state that they have no competing interests.