Gibertoni, Dino http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1722-3724
Rucci, Paola http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7704-0831
Mandreoli, Marcora
Corradini, Mattia
Martelli, Davide
Russo, Giorgia
Mancini, Elena
Santoro, Antonio
Article History
Received: 1 December 2018
Accepted: 18 April 2019
First Online: 17 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was exempt from approval from the Ethics Committee of Emilia-Romagna. It was conducted in conformity with the regulations for data management from the Regional Health Authority of Emilia-Romagna, and with the Italian Code of conduct and professional practice applying to processing of personal data for statistical and scientific purposes (art. 20–21, legislative decree 196/2003; ExternalRef removed) published in the Official Journal no. 190 of August 14, 2004, which explicitly exempts the need for approval from the Ethics Committee when using anonymous data (Preamble number 8).In Italy, anonymous administrative data-gathering is subject to the law Protection of individuals and other subjects with regard to the processing of personal data, ACT no. 675 of 31.12.1996 (amended by Legislative Decree no. 123 of 09.05.1997, no. 255 of 28.07.1997, no. 135 of 08.05.1998, no. 171 of 13.05.1998, no. 389 of 6.11.1998, no. 51 of 26.02.1999, no. 135 of 11.05.1999, no. 281 of 30.07.1999, no. 282 of 30.07.1999 and no. 467 of 28.12.2001) (ExternalRef removed).Patients enrolled in the PIRP project provide written consent to use their anonymized data.
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