Funding for this research was provided by:
Lund University
Article History
Received: 18 August 2024
Accepted: 8 December 2024
First Online: 19 December 2024
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Author A. Gutlic, U. Petersson, P. Rogmark and A. Montgomery declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Ethical approval for this study was given by the Regional Ethical Review Board in Lund, Sweden 2019-00304.
: Informed consent was signed by the patients when they completed the questionnaires.
: The TEPLICH trial was registered the 5th of December 2008 at (NCT00803985).
: The Ethical principles involving human participants according to the Helsinki Declaration as well as ethical approval by the Ethical Review Board are described under the heading Compliance with Ethical Standards. Application ofinformed is also described under this section (Informed consent).