Cleaton, N. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7077-1853
Raizada, S.
Barkham, N.
Venkatachalam, S.
Sheeran, T. P.
Adizie, T.
Sapkota, H.
Singh, B. M.
Bateman, J. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1952-2821
Article History
Received: 3 July 2020
Accepted: 5 August 2020
First Online: 9 February 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This work was given rapid approval in lieu of the COVID-19 pandemic by the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Management Committee (25.4.2020) as a service evaluation. As per NHS England ethics requirements, it is exempt from formal NHS Research Ethics Committee review. This work is compliant with European Union General Data Protection Regulation; no additional consent for sending healthcare SMS messages is required.” (Reference) This ethical statement is included on the submitted title page and embedded in the “InternalRef removed” section of the main text.
: Patients and a national charity (the Hibbs Lupus Trust) were involved in the design, content, piloting and acceptability of our questionnaire and methodology, as described in the “InternalRef removed” section of the paper.
: Patients were approached at the point of data collection; patients received SMS message inviting them to participate by following the link and completing the survey—participation was completely voluntary. A briefing page prior to completing the survey (supplement 1) informed participants what the service evaluation entailed, following reading this patients were asked whether they gave consent to continue; if patients opted not to continue, no further contact was made.
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