Berete, Finaba
Gisle, Lydia
Demarest, Stefaan
Charafeddine, Rana
Bruyère, Olivier
Van den Broucke, Stephan
Van der Heyden, Johan
Article History
Received: 2 November 2023
Accepted: 22 April 2024
First Online: 27 April 2024
Declarations
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: This study was carried out through an individual linkage between the BHIS 2018 data and the BCHI data. The BHIS 2018 was carried out in line with the Belgian privacy legislation and has been approved by the ethics committee of the University hospital of Ghent on December, 21 2017 (advice EC UZG 2017/1454). The participation to the BHIS is voluntary. There was no formal written and signed consent foreseen. The selected households were notified about the survey, its practical organization, the institution in charge, the commissioners of the survey and its content via a letter and an information leaflet personally addressed to them. It was also clearly stipulated in the letter and the leaflet that participation is voluntary. Participation was equivalent to giving consent. The aforementioned ethics committee of the University hospital of Ghent waived the need for formal written and signed informed consent. Data linkage was authorized by the Information Security Committee (local reference: Deliberation No. 20/204 of November 3, 2020). All methods were performed in accordance with the Declarations of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.