Stapleton, Iyshwarya https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7867-3518
Murphy, Sarah
Vaughan, Susan
Walsh, Brian Henry https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4665-6884
Natchimuthu, Kannan
Livingstone, Vicki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3309-1231
Dempsey, Eugene https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6266-3462
Article History
Received: 30 October 2024
Revised: 3 March 2025
Accepted: 25 March 2025
First Online: 5 April 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Cork Teaching Hospitals (CREC Review Reference Number: ECM 4 (x) 16/11/2021 & ECM 3 (d) 09/08/2022) prior to commencement. The trial was also registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05686252). This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.