Tavares, Lucia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5581-1738
Vagos, Paula https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4372-3930
Cunha, Marina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5957-1903
Xavier, Ana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-4712
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (2022.13539.BD)
Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique
Article History
Accepted: 21 August 2024
First Online: 23 September 2024
Declarations
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: Ethics approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee for Health of the Portuguese university hosting the present study, i.e., Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique, with the reference CES-UPT-01/05/21.
: The authors declare that there are no competing interests to report.
: Participants were given an informed consent form containing information regarding the research project and their rights as participants (e.g., anonymity and confidentiality of the responses to the questionnaires, participation was entirely voluntary and it was possible to quit the study at any moment without any negative consequences). Some participants expressed difficulty reading and/or writing on their own, due to either a low level of literacy or poor eyesight. In these cases, one of the researchers read aloud the informed consent form. The researchers were also available to answer any questions and clear any doubts as needed.
: The authors declare that no artificial intelligence tools were used in the conduction of this study, neither in the writing of the present article.