Breton, Mylaine http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5713-9618
Maillet, Lara
Duhoux, Arnaud
Malham, Sabina Abou
Gaboury, Isabelle
Manceau, Luiza Maria
Hudon, Catherine
Rodrigues, Isabel
Haggerty, Jeannie
Touati, Nassera
Beaulieu, Marie-Claude
Loignon, Christine
Lussier, Marie-Thérèse
Vedel, Isabelle
Jbilou, Jalila
Légaré, France
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (399757)
IUPLSSS/Fondation Vitae (N/A)
Article History
Received: 12 November 2019
Accepted: 11 February 2020
First Online: 21 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This ongoing study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Centre de recherche - Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne of CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre (MP-04-2019-368). Permission to access to the EMR data for this study was granded by the directors of professional and hospital services without needing explicit consent from patients and was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Sherbrooke University Hospital Centre. The Hopital Charles LeMoyne committee acts as the central committee for our province-wide study in Quebec and local approval was sought from the local committees of each study site. Twenty-one local approving ethics committees from Centre intégré et Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux: Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Chaudière-Appalaches, Côte-Nord, Gaspésie, Lanaudière, Laurentides, Laval, Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec, Montérégie-Centre, Montérégie-Est, Montérégie-Ouest, Outaouais, Capitale-Nationale, Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Estrie, Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.