Bodunde, Elizabeth O.
Mccarthy, Fergus P.
O’Connor, Karen
Matvienko-Sikar, Karen
Khashan, Ali S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University College Cork
Article History
Received: 18 June 2025
Accepted: 6 April 2026
First Online: 29 April 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethical approval: Ethical approval was obtained from the South West Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee (MREC), London MREC, Yorkshire MREC, and Yorkshire and The Humber - Leeds East MREC at each survey; MCS1: South West MREC (MREC/01/6/19); MCS2 and MCS3: London MREC (MREC/03/2/022, 05/MRE02/46); MCS4: Yorkshire MREC (07/MRE03/32); MCS5: Yorkshire and The Humber-Leeds East (11/YH/0203); MCS6: London MREC (13/LO/1786), MCS7: REC North East–York (REC ref: 17/NE/0341).