Abraham, Patrick
Manski-Nankervis, Jo-Anne
Biezen, Ruby
Hallinan, Christine Mary
Gibney, Katherine B.
Sanci, Lena
Ride, Jemimah
Article History
Received: 15 August 2021
Accepted: 28 February 2022
First Online: 29 March 2022
Declarations
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: All methods in this study were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations specified by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Melbourne, including ethics and consent. This committee follows the guidelines of the Australian National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research. This study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Melbourne (Ethics ID2056712 and ID2057310). Electronic medical record data (EMR) were accessed via GRHANITE software. The clinic has an ongoing agreement to participate in sharing of de-identified EMR data for research purposes, with GRHANITE software installed onto practice software to extract EMR data in such a way that data are de-identified before extraction from the practice by the software. The data are then no longer considered personal data, and individual patient consent is not required to use the data for research purposes (patients at the practice can opt-out of having their data deposited). Written consent was obtained from participating general practice staff and a waiver of consent was approved to access de-identified patient data from the participating practice’s electronic medical records. The informed consent for patients was waived by the University of Melbourne Human Research Ethics committee (ID: 1647396). GRHANITE software is used to extract deidentified data and transfer it to University of Melbourne secure data storage on an ongoing basis. Use of the data for this study was approved from the Independent Data Governance Committee.
: Not applicable
: The study was carried out independently of the funders, but the funders had the chance to review the final paper prior to submission for publication. There are no other competing interests to declare.