Schick-Makaroff, Kara http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6200-3416
Sawatzky, Richard http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8042-190X
Cuthbertson, Lena
Öhlén, Joakim http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2429-8705
Beemer, Autumn
Duquette, Dominique
Karimi-Dehkordi, Mehri http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0593-0197
Stajduhar, Kelli I. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2381-4712
Suryaprakash, Nitya
Terblanche, Landa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8447-2819
Wolff, Angela C. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3857-0706
Cohen, S. Robin http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2153-8486
Funding for this research was provided by:
canadian frailty network (CAT2018-17)
University of Gothenburg
Article History
Accepted: 4 October 2021
First Online: 18 October 2021
Declarations
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: The authors LC, JO, MKD, KS, LT, AW, and RC declare that they have no conflicts of interest. KSM declares that this research was undertaken, in part, thanks to her New Investigator funding from by CIHR Can-SOLVE CKD—KRESCENT (Canadians Seeking Solutions & Innovations to Overcome Chronic Kidney Disease; Kidney Research Scientist Core Education & National Training Program) from 2016 to 2019. RS declares that this research was undertaken, in part, thanks to funding from the Canada Research Chairs Program supporting Sawatzky’s Chair in Person-Centred Outcomes held at Trinity Western University. RS and KSM declare that Cambian Business Services (ExternalRef removed), Fraser Health Authority, and the British Columbia Office of Patient- Centred Measurement were project partners who may benefit from results supporting the use of QOL assessment tools. AB and DD declare that they received payment as Canadian Frailty Network Trainees named on the project. AB declares that she received payment as a research assistant for helping to write and review the manuscript. DD declares that she was employed as a nurse by the same organization and health authority as some of the healthcare managers and leaders who were participants in the study. NS declares that she completed her contract on this project in January 2020, and hence worked as an independent contractor after office hours and during the weekends to work on the manuscript tables.
: Ethics approval for the study was obtained from Trinity Western University [TWU18F08]; University of Alberta [PRO00085430]; Harmonized ethical review by University of British Columbia, Providence Health Care, and Fraser Health [H18-02191]; and the McGill University Institutional Review Board [#A04-E31-19B].
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in this study.
: Participants’ informed consents included publication of their data as long as they could not be identified.