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Accepted: 10 December 2024

First Online: 7 January 2025

Declarations

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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by The West of Scotland Research Ethics Service (WoSRES; 13th December 2021; study reference number 21/WS/0137).

: Written Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Parental assent was sought from all under 16s with capacity to consent. The participants have consented to the submission of the research project to a journal. Again, parental assent was sought from all under 16s with capacity to consent. Data will be deposited in the University of Edinburgh Data Repository for a minimum of 5 years, to allow for research transparency. The following authors contributed to the study conception and design; Dr Michelle Oliver, Dr. Eimear Crowe, Flo Parkin, Dr. Emma Macey & Dr. Karri Gillespie-Smith. Material preparation was carried out by Dr Michelle Oliver and Flo Parkin. Data collection was carried out by Dr Michelle Oliver. Analysis was performed by Dr Michelle Oliver and Dr Zoe Poysden with contribution from Flo Parkin & Dr. Karri Gillespie-Smith. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Dr Michelle Oliver with initial drafts being commented on by Ally Pax Arcari Mair & Dr. Karri Gillespie-Smith. All authors commented on and approved the final manuscript.

: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article. The authors declare they have no other financial or non-financial interests to disclose.