Tormen, Mara https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4988-9114
Tedesco, Chiara
Bernalte-Martì, Vicente
Cuoco, Angela
Carratoni, Anna Maria
Pucciarelli, Gianluca
Vellone, Ercole
De Maria, Maddalena
Basilici Zannetti, Emanuela
Cittadini, Noemi
Pennini, Annalisa
Tarantino, Umberto
Alvaro, Rosaria
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Article History
Received: 21 July 2025
Accepted: 15 September 2025
First Online: 8 October 2025
Declarations
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: We obtained ethical approval from the Independent Ethics Committee of the Tor Vergata Polyclinic on December 2, 2022, under registration number 211.22. All participants provided informed consent prior to participation. Participants were assured of anonymity and confidentiality; no identifying information was included in the transcripts or results. Each participant was assigned a unique code, followed by age and gender for clarity of interpretation. Audio recordings were securely stored on a password-protected device and were permanently deleted after transcription and data verification.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in the study.
: None.