Flood, Michelle https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8284-1780
Ní Gabhann-Dromgoole, Joan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4247-3952
Tynan, Gráinne https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6906-7563
Dillon, Niamh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7127-0740
Collins, Deirdre
Lauder, Monika
Sheehy, Eileen
Moriarty, Frank https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9838-3625
Barlow, James W. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1663-4580
Funding for this research was provided by:
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Article History
Received: 21 October 2024
Accepted: 1 February 2025
First Online: 20 February 2025
Declarations
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: All authors directly contributed to the creation of this article. All authors meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (ICMJE) criteria for authorship, contributing to conception, design and analysis and interpretation of data. M.F. and J. Ní G.-D. are joint lead authors while J.B. is the corresponding author. All authors take full responsibility for the integrity and accuracy of all aspects of the work. All authors declare no conflicts of interest. No part of this manuscript, including the text and graphics, are copied or published elsewhere in whole or in part. AI was not used for any aspect of writing and editing.
: The data for this study is not publicly available as the participants did not give written consent for their data to be shared publicly, nor was this considered for approval by the research ethics committee.