Fernando, Dasamal Tharanga http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2423-3784
Berecki-Gisolf, Janneke
Newstead, Stuart
Ansari, Zahid
Article History
Received: 13 June 2018
Accepted: 30 May 2019
First Online: 21 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (Project no: 1256). Historical administrative data was used. The research is low risk in that there will be no discomfort or foreseeable risk of harm to the participants. Name, date of birth and other identifiers are removed from the dataset by the data custodian prior to release of the data to the researchers. Due to the magnitude of the dataset, it is impractical to obtain consent. In requesting ethics approval, the reason for not requesting consent was stated, and the committee was satisfied that the proposal meets the requirements of the ‘National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research’ and granted approval.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.