Forrest, Clara
Twomey, Julie
Qayoumi, Mansoor
Bryan, Alex
Collins, Dearbhaile C.
Noonan, Sinead
Dennehy, Karie
Gaynor, Siobhán
O’Dea, Pauline
O’Sullivan, Hazel
O’Reilly, Seamus
Article History
Received: 1 December 2024
Revised: 29 June 2025
Accepted: 22 July 2025
First Online: 20 November 2025
Competing interests
: SOR is Deputy Editor for BJC Reports and and recused himself from all decisions about this paper. The authors declare no other competing interests.
: The Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Cork Teaching Hospitals provided ethical approval (reference number: ECM4 (v) 14/05/2024). Consent from participants was waived due to the retrospective nature of the study. The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.