Plueschke, Kelly http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1824-4148
Flynn, Robert
Hedenmalm, Karin
Deli, Aikaterini-Christina
Maciá-Martinez, Miguel-Angel
García-Poza, Patricia
Olsen, David
Nguyen, Pierre
Quinten, Chantal
Article History
Accepted: 11 July 2022
First Online: 24 August 2022
Declarations
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: No sources of funding were used to assist in the preparation of this study.
: The authors declared no competing interests for this work. The views expressed in this article are the personal views of the author(s) and may not be understood or quoted as being made on behalf of or reflecting the position of the regulatory agency/agencies or organisations with which the author(s) is/are employed/affiliated. BIFAP is a public program for independent research financed by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS). The results, discussion, and conclusions of this work are only of the authors and do not represent in any way the position of the AEMPS on this subject. The excellent collaboration of the primary care physicians (general practitioners/paediatricians) as well as the support from the regional health administrations providing BIFAP data is acknowledged.
: The use of BIFAP data for this project was approved by the Ethics Committee (CEIM regional de la Comunidad de Madrid: aprobación 08-06-2020, acta CEIm 06/20).
: The use of BIFAP data for this project was approved by the Scientific Committee of BIFAP (protocol reference: 10/2019). The use of IMRD-UK was approved by the Scientific Review Committee under the reference number 19THIN080.
: Not applicable.
: Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.
: Not applicable.
: Robert Flynn developed the study protocol, data extraction plan and table shells. All authors were consulted and agreed on these documents. Robert Flynn, Karin Hedenmalm, Aikaterini-Christina Deli, Miguel-Angel Maciá-Martinez, Patricia García-Poza, David Olsen and Pierre Nguyen extracted the data from the different databases. Robert Flynn ran the analyses centrally. Kelly Plueschke, Chantal Quinten and Robert Flynn drafted the manuscript and Karin Hedenmalm, Miguel-Angel Maciá-Martinez, Patricia García-Poza, David Olsen and Pierre Nguyen contributed by providing comments. All authors read and approved the final version.