Lecube, Albert
Galindo, Rodolfo J.
Salinas-Roca, Blanca
Marina, Iñaki
Ciudin, Andreea
Crujeiras, Ana Belén
Morales, Cristóbal
Azriel, Sharona
Gómez-Blasco, Rafael
Bustos, César
Butragueño, Javier
Flores, Lilliam
Umpierrez, Guillermo E.
Malagón, María M
Article History
Received: 5 April 2025
Accepted: 11 December 2025
First Online: 22 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study protocol was reviewed and approved by the ethics committee of the Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, approval number CEIC-2190 (December 16, 2019). This study was conducted in full compliance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and Spanish legislation on the protection of personal data was also followed. Additionally, the study adhered to the ethical standards specified by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research (ESOMAR) International Code on Market, Opinion, and Social Research and Data Analytics. Participants were asked to join voluntarily and were not awarded any financial or other compensation. As this was a telephone-based survey, no written consent was collected; however, verbal informed consent was obtained in accordance with Spanish legislation on data protection and ethical standards for opinion and social research.