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Authors
Baldacchino, Stefan
Scerri, Charles https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-5273
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Malta
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Article History
Received: 19 January 2026
Accepted: 14 May 2026
First Online: 31 May 2026
Declarations
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: This research study was conducted without the use of external funding from public, commercial, or non-profit organizations.
: Not applicable.
: This study received ethical clearance from the University of Malta’s Ethics Research Committee and the Department of Active Aging and Community Care (Ref: SWB-2021-00094; January 14, 2022). The study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and was in accordance with the Data Protection Act, Chapter 586, of the Laws of Malta.
: Informed consent was obtained from both gatekeepers and participants/proxies at the start of data collection.
: Not applicable.
: All generated data is available upon request.
: Not applicable.
: Both authors contributed equally to the study’s conceptualization, data collection, and analysis. The final draft of the manuscript was prepared by CS and reviewed by SB. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
