Pham, Anh N. Q. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8967-513X
Barber, Claire E. H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3062-5488
Drummond, Neil
Jasper, Lisa
Klein, Doug
Lindeman, Cliff
Widdifield, Jessica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7464-0460
Williamson, Tyler
Jones, C. Allyson
Funding for this research was provided by:
Mitacs (IT27834)
Arthritis Society (20-000000018, 20-000000018, 20-000000018, 20-000000018, 20-000000018, 20-000000018, 20-000000018)
Article History
Received: 4 March 2024
Accepted: 19 November 2024
First Online: 27 November 2024
Declarations
:
: This study has received approval from the Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Alberta (Pro00107346) and the University of Calgary (REB21-0723) and adheres to all relevant guidelines and regulations for research involving de-identified health data (e.g. CHREB, Tri-Council Policy Statement on the Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans [TCPS2]).The CPCSSN database has received ethics approval, including waivers of <i>individual patient informed consent</i> for their de-identified data to be used for surveillance and research, from each contributing network’s local Research Ethics Board (Queen’s University, Memorial University of Newfoundland, University of Ottawa, University of Calgary, Dalhouse University, University of Toronto, Western University, Bruyère Research Institute, University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, and University of Manitoba).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.