Macias, Shirin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6002-8951
Yilmaz, Ali
Kirma, Joseph
Moore, Sarah E.
Woodside, Jayne V.
Graham, Stewart F.
Green, Brian D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Department for Employment and Learning (00416189)
Article History
Received: 3 June 2023
Accepted: 18 October 2023
First Online: 8 December 2023
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 conducted in accordance with the guidelines laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All procedures involving human subjects were approved by the Queen’s University Belfast Research Ethics Committee; Ethical approval references: RGHT000049 and 15.42 for the MEDDINI original study (2006) and for the present latest analysis respectively in view of the retrospective nature of the study.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all MEDDINI participants.