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Authors
Almutairi, Khalid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9246-7294
Inderjeeth, Charles http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0535-963X
Preen, David B http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2982-2169
Keen, Helen http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8469-2424
Nossent, Johannes http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2833-7997
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Arthritis Foundation of Western Australia.
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Article History
Received: 29 August 2022
Accepted: 15 December 2022
First Online: 31 December 2022
Declarations
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: Ethic approval of de-identified data of this study was granted by the WA Department of Health Human Research Ethics Committee (approval number 2016/24) and the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Western Australia (approval number RA/4/20/4070). As this study was considered low risk by the WA Health HREC and due to the de-identified nature of the linked health dataset, the requirement for patient consent was waived. WA Health is the proprietor of this linked health dataset, and the data were anonymised before being transferred to us for analysis. Restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under the license of the WA Health Data Linkage Branch for the current study. Data are, however, available from the authors upon reasonable request and after permission of WA Health and WA Data Linkage Branch.
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: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
