Ali, Endale Alemayehu
Aerts, Raf
Vaes, Bert
Scheerens, Charlotte
Beerten, Simon Gabriƫl
Duarte, Elisa
Van Pottelbergh, Gijs
Funding for this research was provided by:
Endale Alemayehu Ali is funded by the Department of Health as a part of a long-term partnership called INTEGO MGZ. INTEGO is also regularly funded by the same organization.
Article History
Received: 4 August 2025
Accepted: 21 October 2025
First Online: 22 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: For this specific study, approval were received from the ethical review board of the Medical School of the KU Leuven (S70796). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. INTEGO procedures were also approved by the Belgian Privacy Commission (no. SCSZG/13/079), and the ethical review board of the Medical School of the KU Leuven (no. ML 1723) (Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven), waived the requirement of informed consent and approved the INTEGO protocol.