Arton, Ashleigh
Leiman, Anthony
Petrokofsky, Gillian
Toonen, Hilde
Longo, Catherine S.
Article History
Received: 23 October 2019
Accepted: 14 February 2020
First Online: 1 April 2020
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: AA and CL are employees of the MSC. To avoid this being a potential conflict of interest, the following precautions were taken: non-MSC authors were involved in the development of the manuscript and checked for the risk of selective or biased questions, methodology and analysis. The non-MSC authors have different backgrounds and expertise to ensure a diversity of stakeholder perspectives. The formulation of all questions, methods and analysis was done with the input of all authors. The CEE guidelines and ROSES form were closely followed to ensure an objective approach was adhered to. Furthermore, all screening (at title, abstract and full-text level) was performed by non-MSC staff. Meta-data extraction was performed by 2 non-MSC staff and 2 MSC staff. The majority (up to 75%) of meta-data extraction was performed by non-MSC staff to further reduce the risk of potential impartiality.