From the *Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven
†Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals Leuven
‡Department of Adult Psychiatry, University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven
§Department of Neurosciences, Mind Body Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
∥Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO), Novara, Italy
¶Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven
#Department of Quality, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Correspondence: Deborah Seys, PhD, Kapucijnenvoer 35, 3000 Leuven, Belgium (e-mail: [email protected]).
The second victim study was carried out with an unconditional grant from VvAA.
D.S. and E.D.D. shared the first authorship.
The authors disclose no conflict of interest.
Data availability statement: All data relevant to the study are included in the article.
Ethical approval: For the second victim study, no ethical approval is needed. According to the regulations in Dutch hospitals, the survey’s instructions clearly mentioned that completing the questionnaire implied informed consent to participate. The ethical approval for the COVID study was approved by the ethical committee of the University Hospitals Leuven (S63914). Participation was entirely voluntary, and confidentiality and anonymity were guaranteed at all times.
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