McSweeney, C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3626-6236
Steiner, T. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3136-6668
Grant, J. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7189-2905
Article History
Received: 23 June 2023
Accepted: 8 April 2024
First Online: 1 July 2024
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.All experimental protocols were approved by a Vancouver Costal Health Research Institute ethics as well as the University of British Columbia Clinical Research Ethics Board.UBC ethics number: H18-03264.VCH number: V18-03264.Informed consent was not required as per our intuition’s clinical research guidelines as patient information was deidentified according to protocols for our chart review.Article 5.5 A, TCPS2, states: “Researchers who have not obtained consent from participants for secondary use of identifiable information shall only use such information for these purposes if they have satisfied the REB that:a. identifiable information is essential to the research;b. the use of identifiable information without the participants’ consent is unlikely to adversely affect the welfare of individuals to whom the information relates;c. the researchers will take appropriate measures to protect the privacy of individuals, and to safeguard the identifiable information;d. the researchers will comply with any known preferences previously expressed by individuals about any use of their information;e. it is impossible or impracticable to seek consent from individuals to whom the information relates; and.f. the researchers have obtained any other necessary permission for secondary use of information for research purposes.”We have satisfied these requirements as per review by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute ethics review board.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.