Participants are recruited from four metropolitan university teaching healthcare networks in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Austin Health, Eastern Health, Epworth Health, and Western Health. Central ethics approval has been granted by the Austin Health Human Research Ethics Committee (lead site, HREC/16/Austin/45), with site-specific governance approval from others (most recent approval 07 September 2023, Protocol_v14). Austin, Eastern and Western Health sites are public hospital networks, whilst Epworth Health is a private hospital network with sites throughout the state of Victoria.
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