Maddock, Alan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5089-1778
Funding for this research was provided by:
Office of Social Services Department of Health Northern Ireland
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Article History
Accepted: 18 January 2024
First Online: 28 February 2024
Declarations
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: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was sought and granted from Research Ethics Committee, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen’s University Belfast (REF_204_2021 and REF and REF_167_2122) for both RCTs, from which this study’s data is drawn.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.