Chapter 5 160 Figure 3. The EMP-framework. The framework is to be read from the bottom (i.e. abstract considerations) to the top (i.e. concrete considerations). The lines indicate the connection between the elements and the methods. The arrows point to the products that will result from the methods. 3.2 Ethical considerations The study was granted approval by both an official and local University ethical commission. Participation in the study was on voluntary basis. Patients in clinical treatment at the treatment center and therapists working in this clinic were allowed to apply for participation. During the recruitment and following phases of the study head practitioners of the patients held the right to exclude or withdraw patients from participating in the study if they judged patients to be unsuited for participation (for example, if a patient was to be in a psychotic or manic state) or if they judged participation to be aversive for the particular patients. All participants could withdraw from the study at any time with no further obligations. All signed informed consent forms. There was no financial reward or other incentive for participating. 4. Participants Initially six participants volunteered, of which three patients and three therapists. All patient participants were female, which reflected the predominant sex in patient group. Also, all therapist participants were female, which also reflects the predominant sex in this user group. Further details on the participants follows in the result section when discussing the Personas. In between the first phase and the second phase of the study (the different phases will be described below) one extra patient requested to participate and did so for the remainder of the study. After the card sorting task in the second phase of the study, one other patient had to withdraw from the study because she terminated treatment.
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