About the Authors
- Shanil Ebrahim
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* E-mail: shanil.ebrahim@utoronto.ca
Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Luis Montoya
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Affiliation Department of Dentistry, Santo Tomas University, Bogota D.C., Colombia
- Wanda Truong
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Affiliation McMaster Integrative Neuroscience Discovery & Study program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Sandy Hsu
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Affiliation Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Mostafa Kamal el Din
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Affiliation Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt
- Alonso Carrasco-Labra
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Evidence-Based Dentistry Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Jason W. Busse
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Stephen D. Walter
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Diane Heels-Ansdell
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Rachel Couban
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Irene Patelis-Siotis
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Affiliations Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Mood Disorders program, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Canada
- Marg Bellman
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Affiliation National Disability Services, Policy & Procedure department, Sun Life Financial, Toronto, Canada
- L. Esther de Graaf
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Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- David J. A. Dozois
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Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Peter J. Bieling
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Affiliation Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Gordon H. Guyatt
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Sun Life was supporting the MITACS scholarship for Shanil Ebrahim, and did not have a role in the study design, data collection and analysis, or preparation of the manuscript. Jason W. Busse acts as a consultant to Prisma Health Canada, a private incorporated company funded by employers and insurers that consults on and manages long-term disability claims. Marg Bellman is the assistant vice-president of the National Disability Services, Policy & Procedure department at Sun Life Financial. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with a direct interest of any kind in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. No financial support has been received for the creation of this manuscript.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SE JWB SDW GHG. Performed the experiments: SE LM SH MK WT AC-L RC. Analyzed the data: SE JWB SDW DH-A GHG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LED DD PB. Wrote the paper: SE. Knowledge users and reviewed the manuscript: IP-S MB.