A "sect filter", also known as a "protective declaration" (Schutzerklärung), is a document that requires prospective business partners or employees to acknowledge any association with a sect or new religious movement before entering a business or employment contract.
This was a prospective cohort study fulfilling the Declaration of Helsinki, 15 the guidelines for Good Clinical Practice, 16 the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines, 17 and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence NICEE) requirements.
All participants firmed the informed consent and all procedures of this prospective study were subjected to the Declaration of Helsinki for the protection of human subjects in medical research.
We conducted a prospective cohort study which adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki.
Where most of the body of the Declaration is retrospective, the preamble is prospective.
14 Therefore, if journals require that studies conform to the Declaration of Helsinki, this should include prospective registration.
This prospective protocol adhered to the tenets of the declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the institutional review board of the Federal University of São Paulo.
This prospective study was conducted, in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, once approval had been obtained from the local ethics committee, during the period from December 2002 to December 2005.
We performed a prospective descriptive study, following the guidelines of the Declaration STROBE for observational studies, where the sample consisted of 2494 feet from 1247 individuals (all Caucasian), of which 173 were men (13.9%) and 1074 women (85.1%).
This prospective study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the applicable laws of the Republic of Austria in 74 patients referred to our center between 2012 and 2014.
