About the Authors
- Melanie Calvert
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* E-mail: M.Calvert@bham.ac.uk
Affiliations Primary Care and Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, MRC Midland Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Derek Kyte
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Affiliations Primary Care and Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Helen Duffy
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Affiliation Primary Care and Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Adrian Gheorghe
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Affiliation Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Rebecca Mercieca-Bebber
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Affiliation Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Jonathan Ives
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Affiliation Medicine. Ethics, Society and History, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Heather Draper
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Affiliations MRC Midland Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Medicine. Ethics, Society and History, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Michael Brundage
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Affiliation Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Jane Blazeby
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Affiliation MRC ConDuCT II Hub for Trials Methodology Research, School of Social & Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Madeleine King
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Affiliation Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MC DK H. Duffy AG RM-B JI H. Draper MB JB MK. Performed the experiments: AG H. Duffy MC DK RM-B. Analyzed the data: MC DK RM-B MB JB MK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MC DK H. Duffy AG RM-B JI H. Draper MB JB MK. Obtained funding: MC DK H. Draper JI AG RM-B MB MK JB. Searched the literature and screened titles, abstracts and full text articles with input from a third reviewer (MC/DK) where necessary: AG H. Duffy. Searched the grey literature: H. Duffy RM-B. Extracted data from included publications: MC DK. Formed an expert advisory panel that identified additional grey literature relevant to the research question: MB JB MK RM-B. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MC. Critically revised the manuscript and approved the final version for publication: MC DK H. Duffy AG RM-B. JL H. Draper MB JB MK.