76 Chapter 4 Also, qualitative research is needed to understand better why in some patients symptom reduction is more important than in others and to find more factors that clinicians can influence to promote personal recovery, besides what patients do themselves or with help of family, friends and peers. Ethical approval The Medical Ethics Review Committee of VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, (FWA00017598) confirmed that approval of this study was not necessary according to Dutch law, because there was no medical intervention involved and no possible harm to participants (reference number: 2015.350). Funding No external funding or financial resources have been used for this project. Conflict of interest statement The authors have declared that there are no conflicts of interest in relation to the subject of this study. Contributions All authors contributed to conceptualization of the study. RVE, AJ and JB did the datacollection. RVE and FS performed the analysis. RVE, AJ and JB drafted the manuscript. AV, FS and LdH supervised the design and writing. All authors contributed to and have approved the final manuscript. Publication statement This chapter has been published as an article by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.: https://doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000001809
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTk4NDMw