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Authors
Carriere, Romi
Adam, Rosalind
Samuel, Leslie
Murchie, Peter
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Aberdeen
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Article History
Received: 6 March 2026
Revised: 8 May 2026
Accepted: 25 May 2026
First Online: 4 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval: Ethical approval was granted by the North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee (REC 19/NS/0032; 7 March 2019). The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
Consent to participate: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants interviewed face-to-face. For telephone interviews, consent was audio-recorded. Consent was reaffirmed immediately prior to each interview.
Consent for publication: Not applicable. The manuscript contains anonymised qualitative data and does not include identifiable individual information.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
