Sopcak, Nicolette http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0795-2341
Fernandes, Carolina
Ofosu, Daniel
Wong, Melanie
Khalil, Ielaf
Wong, Tracy
Manca, Donna Patricia
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alberta Innovates (201500833)
Article History
Received: 7 July 2022
Accepted: 22 February 2023
First Online: 16 March 2023
Declarations
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: DPM and CF are Directors of a Canadian not-for-profit organization, The BETTER Institute, which provides training and implementation support to practices, organizations, and communities interested in adopting or adapting the BETTER approach. There are no other competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: Trial Registration: This qualitative study is a sub-component of the BETTER WISE pragmatic cRCT, trial registration ISRCTN21333761 (date of registration 19/12/2016). Ethical and operational approvals were granted by the Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Alberta (Pro00067811 and Pro00069064), the Health Research Ethics Board of Newfoundland & Labrador (#2017.027, 2017.027B, 2017.027C, 2017.027D, and 2017.284), the Markham Stouffville Hospital Research Ethics Board (no file number assigned), and Research Ethics Board at St. Michael’s Hospital (#17-050 and #17-248). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. All participants provided written informed consent for study participation. Focus group participants and key informants provided written informed consent to be audio recorded and all transcripts were de-identified. Patients were invited to provide written feedback after the visit if they wanted. The feedback was collected anonymously (the feedback form did not include their name or any identifiable information) and patients could leave their feedback in a feedback box or send the feedback to the research team in a pre-stamped and pre-addressed envelope.
: Not applicable.