Funding for this research was provided by:
EISMEA (NA)
Article History
Received: 3 October 2025
Revised: 25 November 2025
Accepted: 22 December 2025
First Online: 20 February 2026
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Professor Federica Zanca. I, Federica Zanca, affirm that the manuscript is an honest, accurate, and transparent account of the study being reported; that no important aspects of the study have been omitted; and that any discrepancies from the study as planned (and, if relevant, registered) have been explained.
: L.G. declares no non-financial interests and the following competing financial interests: employee of Hardian Ltd. F.L. declares no non-financial interests and the following competing financial interests: employee of Hardian Ltd. H.H. has been a recipient of a grant from EISMEA and the following competing financial interests: He is the owner and managing director of Hardian Ltd. F.Z. declares no financial interests.
: Lucy Gregory: Conceptualisation: Equal. Data curation: Lead. Formal analysis: Lead. Methodology: Equal. Writing—original draft: Lead. Writing—review & editing: Equal. Felicity Lock: Conceptualisation: Equal. Data curation: Lead. Formal analysis: Lead. Methodology: Equal. Validation: Equal. Writing—original draft: Equal. Writing—review & editing: Equal. Hugh Harvey: Data curation: Supporting. Formal analysis: Supporting. Funding acquisition: Lead. Methodology: Equal. Validation: Supporting. Visualisation: Equal. Writing—original draft: Equal. Writing—review & editing: Equal. Federica Zanca (Guarantor): Conceptualisation: Lead. Data curation: Supporting. Formal analysis: Supporting. Methodology: Equal. Resources: Lead. Supervision: Lead. Validation: Equal. Visualisation: Supporting. Writing—original draft: Lead. Writing—review & editing: Equal.
: Not applicable. Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, conduct, reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.
: Institutional Review Board approval was not required because this is a systematic literature review.
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