Prinelli, F. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9093-7643
Adorni, F.
Giovanelli, A.
Ravelli, M.
Ceresoli, S.
Asteria, C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
Article History
Received: 2 February 2024
Accepted: 31 May 2024
First Online: 10 June 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: All data were handled and stored in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) (). Clinical data were collected by the IRCCS in a pseudonymized manner: each patient was assigned a unique and personal code, which was used to access the questionnaire. The code was used as an identification key to link the information collected through the questionnaires with the additional clinical tests. The clinical information was transferred to the ITB-CNR in a password-protected file. The file server was firewalled within the CNR intranet in a location inaccessible to unauthorised personnel. Data transfer was protected by an encryption/decryption policy and password protection. In the final dataset, a unique key identified each subject to ensure anonymity. Data security was ensured by automatic backups. The EPICOVID19-BS study protocol was conducted in accordance with the guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki, as revised in 2013, and all procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee of the San Raffaele Hospital of Milan, IRCCS (95/INT/2021,12/5/2021). Participants were asked to give their informed consent the first time they accessed the web-based platform. Participants could only start the questionnaire after giving their consent. Participation was voluntary and no compensation was given to respondents.
: When participants first accessed the web-based platform, they were informed of the purpose of the study, the data to be collected, and the methods of storage, and they filled in the informed consent form.
: The EPICOVID19-BS study protocol was conducted in accordance with the guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki, as revised in 2013, and all procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee of the San Raffaele Hospital of Milan, IRCCS (protocol n. 95/INT/2021,12/5/2021). Data were handled and stored in accordance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) 2016/679, and data transfer was safeguarded by encrypting/decrypting and password protection.