Roser, Katharina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5253-3333
Baenziger, Julia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9121-4423
Ilic, Anica http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6863-6441
Mitter, Vera R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1483-5020
Mader, Luzius http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5613-4356
Dyntar, Daniela http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9921-1462
Michel, Gisela http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9589-0928
Sommer, Grit http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4205-7932
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Commission of the University of Lucerne (20-064-GM)
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (P2BEP3_191798, P2LUP1_195091, 100019_153268)
University of Luzern
Article History
Accepted: 28 March 2023
First Online: 21 April 2023
Declarations
:
: The authors have no conflict of interest for this study.
: The anonymous and voluntary online survey of the CoWELL project did not require ethical approval according to Swiss legislation. For the collection of HRQOL data in the Swiss general population, we received ethical approval from the Ethics Committee of Northwest and Central Switzerland (EKNZ 2015-075; 26 March 2015). Both surveys were conducted in line with the ethical principles of the WMA Declaration of Helsinki.
: CoWELL project: Participants consented by reading the study information and completing the anonymous voluntary online questionnaire. Swiss general population: Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.