Pallauf, Christine https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2434-5667
Weck, Christiane https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4980-0300
Brandl, Clemens
Lorenzl, Stefan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-0821
Funding for this research was provided by:
Paracelsus Medical University
Article History
Received: 3 May 2026
Accepted: 27 July 2026
First Online: 21 August 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethical approval: The study protocol (PMU-EK-2024-0008) was approved by the Ethics Committee of Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg in August 2024. In the Tyrolean region, an additional ethical review was performed by the Tirol Kliniken Befragungskommission in April 2025. Our study did not include any intervention applied to a human subject. We confirm that we have read the Journal’s position on issues involved in ethical publication and affirm that this work is consistent with those guidelines.