Shaw, Brett H.
Borrel, Dave
Sabbaghan, Kimiya
Kum, Colton
Yang, Yijian
Robinovitch, Stephen N.
Claydon, Victoria E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (AMG-100487 and TIR-103945)
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (New Investigator Award)
Article History
Received: 5 October 2018
Accepted: 21 February 2019
First Online: 13 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study received ethical approval from the Department of Research Ethics at Simon Fraser University and conforms to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained prior to participation from the participants or their legal designate (with verbal assent). Participants were recruited from two long-term care facilities in British Columbia (Delta View and New Vista Society) and were eligible to participate if they had resided in the facility for at least two years, were aged ≥65 years, and it was possible to obtain access to their MDS.
: Not applicable.
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