Exploring research team members' and trial participants' perceptions of acceptability and implementation within one videoconference-based supportive care program for individuals affected by systemic sclerosis during COVID-19: a qualitative interview study.

"Conflicts of Interest: Some authors (DD, KE, MEC, LT, LD, LK, BL, GE-B, DBR, YW, RH, LB, SH, SHarb, SP, SJB, JV, LM, SM, BDT, NCR) on this manuscript were part of the original team that conceived, delivered, or analyzed primary trial results from the SPIN-CHAT Program and Trial that was evaluated in the present study. There were no other conflicts of interest."

"Funding This follow-up study was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) under Grant number MS1-173066."

"Compliance with Ethical Standards: Conflicts of Interest: Some authors (DD, KE, MEC, LT, LD, LK, BL, GE-B, DBR, YW, RH, LB, SH, SHarb, SP, SJB, JV, LM, SM, BDT, NCR) on this manuscript were part of the original team that conceived, delivered, or analyzed primary trial results from the SPIN-CHAT Program and Trial that was evaluated in the present study. There were no other conflicts of interest.: Human Rights: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This follow-up study received Research Ethics Board approval from the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Calgary (REB21-0067) and the Research Ethics Committee of the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal F1-17306).: Informed Consent: Verbal informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the follow-up study.: Welfare of Animals: This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors.: Study Registration: The SPIN-CHAT Trial was registered (clinicaltrials.gov NCT04335279); the follow-up study reported herein was not additionally registered.: Analytic Plan Registration: The analysis plan was not formally pre-registered.: Availability of Data: De-identified data from this study are not available in a public archive. De-identified data from this study will be made available (as allowable according to institutional research ethics board standards) by emailing the corresponding author.: Availability of Analytic Code: There is no analytic code associated with this study.: Availability of Materials: Materials used to conduct the study are not publicly available."