Document is current

Article History

Received: 29 October 2023

Accepted: 23 November 2023

First Online: 7 February 2024

Declarations

:

: The authors have no conflicts of interest.

: This study was conducted following the guidelines of the Office of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures of the Republic of Lithuania and corresponds to the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the SMK University of Applied Sciences Research Ethics Committee. Before joining the study, all participants were informed of the study’s aims and the details of their participation. All participants provided the informed consent. All participants were allowed to independently and freely decide whether to consent to participate in the study. The research was conducted under the research principles of anonymity, confidentiality, fairness, transparency, and voluntariness. The details about the research ethics are presented in the Methods part.

: The human rights of the participants were not violated during the study.

: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before the interview and survey.

: The sponsor had no role in the design, methods, recruitment, data collection, analysis, or preparation of the paper.