Geebelen, Laurence
Devleesschauwer, Brecht
Lernout, Tinne
Tersago, Katrien
Parmentier, Yves
Van Oyen, Herman
Speybroeck, Niko
Beutels, Philippe
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sciensano (W3034.1802.6)
Article History
Received: 19 January 2022
Accepted: 14 October 2022
First Online: 28 November 2022
Declarations
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: The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. For the prospective cohort study, informed consent was obtained from all study participants, ethical approval was obtained from the “Comité d’Ethique Hospitalo-Facultaire Saint-Luc UCL” (ref.: 2016/13AVR/166) which served as the principal ethical committee for the study and from the ethical committee of each participating hospital (UZ Leuven, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, CHU UCL Namur—site Godinne, CHU de Liège, Clinique Saint-Pierre Ottignies, CHR Namur) and the study was approved by the Commission to Protect the Personal Privacy (Beraadslaging Nr. 16/038, reference: SCSZG/16/144). For the Minimal Clinical Data registry and the Minimal Financial Data registry, all data were linked and pseudonymised by the Technical Cel (NIHDI/Federal Public Service Health) established under articles 155 and 156 of the law of 29 April 1996 on social provisions [CitationRef removed].
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests in relation to this work.