Funding for this research was provided by:
Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft (no grant number assigned)
University of Basel
Article History
Received: 27 September 2023
Accepted: 3 March 2024
First Online: 22 July 2024
Declarations
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: We thank Natascha Stoffel for the transcription of most of the interviews.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: Since participants have not provided consent to share their data, study materials cannot be made openly available. However, we will share portions of the study material relevant to the manuscript upon reasonable request. Please contact the corresponding author.
: Open access funding provided by University of Basel. The study was financed by research support provided by the University of Basel and the Freie Akademische Gesellschaft Basel (personal career grant for completion of PhD Thesis). The funding body did not influence the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data or in writing the manuscript.
: Study documents were reviewed by the responsible ethics committee (Ethikkommission Nordwest- und Zentralschweiz; EKNZ). The EKNZ declared that the study does not fall under the Swiss Human Research Act (Art. 2) because no health-related data were collected and data were coded and pseudonymized. Also, interviewing health professionals does not require ethical approval in Switzerland. Hence, ethical approval was not needed. Nevertheless, the EKNZ issued a declaration of no objection (Req-2019-00467) confirming that the project fulfills the scientific and ethical standards for research with humans (Art. 51, Swiss Human Research Act).
: Written informed consent was obtained prior to data collection and was considered subject to renegotiating over time. An information sheet was provided explaining the nature of the project, including the right to withdraw or stop the interview at any moment.
: Johanna Eichinger, Bernice Elger, Stuart McLennan, Isabel Filges and Insa Koné conceptualized the study. Johanna Eichinger developed the idea for this paper. Johanna Eichinger carried out data collection. Johanna Eichinger and Insa Koné carried out qualitative data analysis and interpreted the results. Johanna Eichinger provided the theoretical background and drafted the manuscript. Stuart McLennan, Bernice Elger, and Isabel Filges provided contributions to the analysis, interpretation of results, and application of the normative background. All authors critically revised the manuscript for content and interpretation of the data and approved the final version of the manuscript for submission.