About the Authors
- Christine A. M. Smith
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Affiliation School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Karine Toupin-April
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Affiliations Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Jeffrey W. Jutai
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Affiliation Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ciarán M. Duffy
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Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Prinon Rahman
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Affiliation Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Sabrina Cavallo
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Affiliation École de Santé Publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Lucie Brosseau
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* E-mail: Lucie.Brosseau@uottawa.ca
Affiliation School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
Ciarán M. Duffy was on the expert panel for one of the clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) (the American College of Rheumatology CPG from 2011), but this did not influence the results of the methodological quality of the CPGs as he was not an appraiser of the CPGs. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CAMS KTA JWJ CMD PR SC LB. Performed the experiments: CAMS KTA JWJ CMD PR SC LB. Analyzed the data: CAMS KTA JWJ CMD PR SC LB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAMS KTA JWJ CMD PR SC LB. Wrote the paper: CAMS KTA JWJ CMD PR SC LB. Appraisers of the methodological quality of the clinical practice guidelines using the AGREE II instrument: CAMS KTA.