About the Authors
- Sarah L. Gorst
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* E-mail: sgorst@liverpool.ac.uk
Affiliation MRC North West Hub for Trials Methodology Research (NWHTMR), Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Elizabeth Gargon
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Affiliation MRC North West Hub for Trials Methodology Research (NWHTMR), Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Mike Clarke
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Affiliation Northern Ireland Network for Trials Methodology Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Valerie Smith
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Affiliation School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Paula R. Williamson
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Affiliation MRC North West Hub for Trials Methodology Research (NWHTMR), Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
MC and PRW are members of the COMET Management Group and coapplicants on grants to support COMET and related work. EG is a member of the COMET Management Group and is the COMET Project Co-ordinator. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: EG PRW. Funding acquisition: PRW MC. Investigation: SLG EG VS. Methodology: EG MC PRW. Writing – original draft: SLG. Writing – review & editing: SLG EG MC VS PRW.