Batson, Angela
Berecki-Gisolf, Janneke
Newnam, Sharon
Stathakis, Voula
Article History
Received: 4 October 2021
Accepted: 25 July 2022
First Online: 5 September 2022
Declarations
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: <i>Project Ethics Committee:</i> Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee, Australia. <i>Project Title:</i> The long-term impact of compensable work-related injury <i>Project ID:</i> 8189. <i>Chief Investigator:</i> Assoc Professor Janneke Berecki-Gisolf. This research has been conducted in accordance with protocols and procedures that were approved by the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (MUHREC). The ethics approval for this project is MUHREC: 8189. In addition, the analysis and reporting of this research has been approved by WorkSafe Victoria. An Informed Consent Waiver was approved by the MUHREC due to the following reason: It is impracticable to obtain a consent from the individuals for this research. The data was initially collected for administrative/statutory functions of the respective organisations, Victorian WorkCover Authority (WorkSafe Victoria), the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Births Deaths and Marriages Registry (Victorian Death Index) and the Australian Coordinating Registry for COD URF. Datasets were linked for research purposes. Data was de-identified before it was sent to researchers. The linked dataset includes approximately 46,000 participants. Thus, obtaining consent from this number of participants was impracticable. A waiver of consent for this project was requested under the NHMRC guidelines Sect. 2.3. and granted by the aforementioned Ethics Committee.
: ‘Not applicable’.
: There are no competing interests. This research has been conducted with the objective of public safety.