Goh, Pei Hwa
Stoeckli, Peter Lucas http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3216-4803
Schoebi, Dominik http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3991-2712
Annen, Hubert http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1508-6276
Funding for this research was provided by:
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Article History
Received: 28 July 2019
Revised: 29 November 2021
Accepted: 30 November 2021
First Online: 7 March 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
: Not applicable.
: As our research only consisted of anonymously collected self-reported data, we did not apply for ethical approval. Care was taken to research according to ethical guidelines.
: According to the Swiss Confederation’s law, more precisely, according to the Federal Act on Research involving Human Beings (Human Research Act, HRA), our study did not require a formal ethics application and approval. The purpose of this Act is to protect the dignity, privacy, and health of human beings involved in research. However, it does not apply to research that involves anonymously collected or anonymized (health-related) data.
: Before data collection, the participants were orally informed about the purpose of the study. Furthermore, we told them that participation was anonymous and voluntary, in that they may choose not to begin or complete the questionnaire at any point in their participation without penalty.