Duggan, Eoin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8490-2076
Knight, Silvin P. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1245-4870
Romero-Ortuno, Roman http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3882-7447
Funding for this research was provided by:
Science Foundation Ireland (18/FRL/6188)
University of Dublin, Trinity College
Article History
Received: 24 January 2023
Accepted: 23 March 2023
First Online: 8 April 2023
Declarations
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: Ethics approval for the study was granted from the Tallaght University Hospital/St. James’s Hospital Joint Research Ethics Committee (Project ID: 0221; approval date: 4 May 2021). Approval was also granted by St James’s Hospital Research & Innovation Office (Reference: 6567, approval date: 26 July 2021). All study participants provided written informed consent to partake in the study. The study adhered to the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki on ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects.
: All patients provided written, explicit, informed consent.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results.