Gorasso, Vanessa
Van der Heyden, Johan
De Pauw, Robby
Pelgrims, Ingrid
De Clercq, Eva M.
De Ridder, Karin
Vandevijvere, Stefanie
Vansteelandt, Stijn
Vaes, Bert
De Smedt, Delphine
Devleesschauwer, Brecht
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sciensano
Article History
Received: 13 September 2022
Accepted: 13 March 2023
First Online: 21 April 2023
Declarations
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: This study was carried out using the individual linkage between the BHIS data and the BCHI data. The BHIS was carried out in line with the Belgian privacy legislation and has been approved by the ethics committee of the University hospital of Ghent, Belgium, on October, 1st 2012 (advice EC UZG 2012/658) and on December, 21 2017 (advice EC UZG 2017/1454). The participation to BHIS is voluntary. No written consent was foreseen. Participation was equivalent to giving consent. In addition, for the data linkage, an authorization was obtained from the Belgian Information Security Committee (local reference: Deliberation No. 17/119 of December 19, 2017, amended on September 3, 2019).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.