An invitation to participate in the study was emailed to 4,845 members of the QFGP who were practising in primary care settings and could be reached by email. The invitation letter, co-signed by a high-ranking officer of the QFGP, contained a hyperlink directing the family
physicians to the questionnaire through a secure Web site.The online questionnaire was developed on the Qualtrics online survey platform [39]. Seven days after the first invitation,
a reminder letter was emailed to all members of the survey’s target population. Ethical approvals were obtained from HEC Montréal in April 2013