About the Authors
- Mengqi Li
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Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: m.li10@universityofgalway.ie
Affiliations Centre for Health Research Methods, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Health Research Board – Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN), University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Marie Tierney
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Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Current address: Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin.
Affiliations Centre for Health Research Methods, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Health Research Board – Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN), University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Claire Beecher
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Centre for Health Research Methods, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Health Research Board – Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN), University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Maura Dowling
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Austin G. Duffy
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Caitriona Duggan
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Department of Oncology, Portiuncula University Hospital, Galway, Ireland
- David Robert Grimes
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Discipline of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Avril Kennan
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Health Research Charities Ireland (HRCI), Dublin, Ireland
- Claire Kilty
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Irish Cancer Society, Dublin, Ireland
- Allen Nsangi
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Andrew D. Oxman
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Centre for Epidemic Interventions Research, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Derek C. Stewart
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Elaine Toomey
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Declan Devane
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Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Centre for Health Research Methods, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Health Research Board – Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN), University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.