Sivakumar, Wymin
O’Connor, Derbrenn
Shabana, Hayder
Crusher, Rachel
Tuite, Caroline
O’Sullivan, Catriona
Houlihan, Diarmaid
Stack, William
O’Boyle, Colm
Article History
Received: 18 December 2025
Accepted: 3 February 2026
First Online: 9 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval for this study was granted by the Cork Research Ethics Committee (CREC), Cork Teaching Hospitals, approved by the committee chairperson Professor Brendan Buckley. Ethical approval was also granted by the Bon Secours Hospital Clinical Ethics Committee Research Sub-Committee Sciences, approved by ethics consultant Professor David Smith and chairperson Ms. Mary Dunne. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.