Haldemann, Muriel https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3006-2442
Stojic, Stevan
Eriks-Hoogland, Inge https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7388-6656
Stoyanov, Jivko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6842-6284
Hund-Georgiadis, Margret
Perret, Claudio
Glisic, Marija https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0108-2576
Article History
Received: 26 January 2024
Revised: 11 September 2024
Accepted: 24 September 2024
First Online: 8 October 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The SwiSCI study is compliant with the Swiss Human Research Act (810.30 Federal Act of September 30, 2011, on Research involving Human Beings) and Federal Regulations on Data Protection. Participation in the SwiSCI study is voluntary, and the patients’ informed consent is obtained prior to participation. The relevant ethics committees of the participating centers (Ethics Committee northwest/central Switzerland (EKNZ), Ethics Committee Vaud (CEVD), Ethics Committee Zurich (KEKZH)) have approved the study protocol and all associated assessments. The data used for the present study were anonymized, with no possibility to identify participants. All study participants signed informed consent.