Walsh, Sharon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9593-4241
Gillespie, Paddy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6297-9478
Hobbins, Anna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5532-3830
O’Neill, Ciaran https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7668-3934
McCarthy, Caroline https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2986-5994
Moriarty, Frank https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9838-3625
Clyne, Barbara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1186-9495
Boland, Fiona
Smith, Susan M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6027-2727
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Funding for this research was provided by:
National University Ireland, Galway
Article History
Received: 8 July 2025
Accepted: 30 October 2025
First Online: 9 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: The SPPiRE randomised controlled trial received ethical approval from the College of General Practitioners Research Ethics Committee. The national EQ-5D-5L study received ethical approval from the University of Galway Research Ethics Committee.