Casajuana, Marc https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5653-996X
Giner-Soriano, Maria https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3750-9233
Roso-Llorach, Albert https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9264-0405
Vedia, Cristina
Violan, Concepció https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3309-5360
Morros, Rosa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6752-8748
Funding for this research was provided by:
Instituto de Salud Carlos III (EC11-251)
Article History
Received: 21 July 2017
Accepted: 14 February 2018
First Online: 20 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The present study follows national and international regulations: Declaration of Helsinki Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects and Good Research Practice principles and guidelines. The IDIAP Jordi Gol Clinical Research Ethics Committee, the reference institution for research in PHC of the ICS, approved the study protocol. Regarding the data contained in the databases and according to Spanish legislation about confidentiality and data protection (Ley Orgánica 15/1999 de 13 de diciembre de Protección de Datos de Carácter Personal), data included in SIDIAP are always anonymized. Thus, it is not necessary to ask for informed consent to the participants. For the linkage with CMBD-HA database (or other databases), SIDIAP uses a “trusted third party” to ensure confidentiality when linking both data sources. This third party has no access to clinical information, only to codes and IDs.
: All authors have completed the conflict of interest disclosure forms and declare no conflict of interests.