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Article History

Received: 1 October 2024

Accepted: 10 March 2025

First Online: 20 March 2025

Declarations

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: The project was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Board at Wilfrid Laurier University (REB #6977). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. The research team is not involved in data collection, and we do not know the details of what participants are told at the time about how their data might be used in the future (e.g., research purposes). We do not know the actual process involved in obtaining informed consent because each province has their own protocols in place for client consent as the assessments are completed as part of clinical practice. These assessments are mandated or recommended for use by the province/territory and those collecting the data would have to follow the policies laid out by their respective ministry of health. All identifying client information is de-identified prior to being shared with the research team. The need for individual-level consent for this cross sectional study involving secondary data analyses was therefore waived.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.