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Accepted: 15 July 2025

First Online: 26 July 2025

Declarations

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: No funding was received for the conduct of the study or the preparation of this article. Funding for open access was provided by the DISA in Luxembourg and FAMPH in Belgium.

: Veselina Skrinska-Kirilova, Javier Sawchik, Martine Sabbe, Martine Debacker, Guy Weber, Anne-Cécile Vuillemin and Jamila Hamdani have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.

: The Ethics Committee of the Erasme Hospital (Université Libre de Bruxelles) was consulted on 12 April, 2023 (ref. N2023/018) to determine whether a formal submission of the study protocol was necessary. Participation of HCPs was voluntary and anonymous, no identifier or personal data were requested, and no patient-level information was involved. This was in agreement with the Privacy Act of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 and respective national legislation. Ultimately, it was deemed not necessary to submit the study protocol.

: Survey participation was voluntary, and completion of the questionnaire implied expressed consent. This was explained in the cover letter accompanying the questionnaire.

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: Substantial contributions to the study design and conduct of the study: JH, JS, ACV and VSK; contributions to analysis and interpretation of the data: MS, JS, GW and MD; drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content: VSK and JRS; and final approval of the version of the article to be published: VSK, JS, MS, JH, ACV, GW and MD.