McCleary, Nicola http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4394-703X
Ivers, Noah M.
Schwalm, J-D
Witteman, Holly O.
Taljaard, Monica
Desveaux, Laura
Bouck, Zachary
Grace, Sherry L.
Grimshaw, Jeremy M.
Presseau, Justin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Province of Ontario (Province of Ontario)
Article History
Received: 29 September 2021
Accepted: 22 April 2022
First Online: 20 May 2022
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Ethical approval for the trial was provided by the nine cardiac centers involved (Hamilton General Hospital, Kingston General Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, Peterborough Regional Health Care, St Catharines General Hospital, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Trillium Health Partners, University Health Network, and William Osler Health Centre). Ethics approval for the analyses reported here was granted by the Women’s College Hospital Research Ethics Board (#2017-0135-E), and the Ottawa Health Science Network Research Ethics Board (#20170832-01H).
: Given the low-risk nature of the intervention, research ethics boards approved a waiver of consent for patients enrolled in the trial with provision of multiple opportunities to opt out and a debrief at the time of outcome assessment.
: Not applicable.