Cuschieri, Sarah https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2012-9234
Cuschieri, Andrea
Grech, Elizabeth
Coleiro, Amber Marie
Carabott, Amy
Tonna, Axel
Borg, Dalton
Sant, Desiree
Sultana, Elissa
Ellul, Kathleen
Scerri, Kristina Marie
Psaila, Kylie
Magro, Grazia
Attard, Nicole
Borg, Ylenia
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università ta' Malta
Alfred Mizzi Foundation
Atlas Health Insurance
University of Malta
Article History
Received: 10 May 2024
Accepted: 1 August 2024
First Online: 20 August 2024
Declarations
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: The Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Malta (FRECMDS_2014_7) together with the Information and Data protection commissioner gave their permission for this study. All participants gave their informed written consent to participate in the study. In 2021, following ethical approval (FRECMDS_1819_133) and permissions, the study population was cross-linked with the national mortality register and the ICD-10 codes for those that died were provided by the Directorate for Health Information and Research.
: Research involved human participants. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: All authors have no competing interests to disclose.