Lavelle, Joseph https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2993-4694
Dunne, Neil
Mulcahy, Hugh E.
McHugh, Louise https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2526-4649
Funding for this research was provided by:
University College Dublin
Article History
Accepted: 22 June 2021
First Online: 24 August 2021
Declarations
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: The lead author (Mr. Joseph Lavelle) is supported by funding from the UCD Foundation. Said funding was donated by the Centre for Colorectal Disease, Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland. However, neither the UCD foundation nor the Centre for Colorectal Disease had any involvement in study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. None of other authors have any declarations in respect to funding or potential conflicts of interest.
: The study was approved by the University CollegeDublin Humanities and Social Sciences Ethics Committee and was in line with the 1964Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: All participants provided informed consent per the procedures approved in the above ethics approval.
: All authors are aware of and consent to the submission of this manuscript to the Psychological Record. Further, all participants were made aware that their analysed data would contribute toward a manuscript for peer-revied publication and consented to same.
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