Vallely, Ella https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8885-1095
Weadick, Catherine S. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4823-7392
Treacy, Teresa
O’Reilly, Seamus https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2887-7336
Article History
Received: 10 May 2025
Revised: 1 September 2025
Accepted: 24 October 2025
First Online: 19 December 2025
Competing interests
: Seamus O'Reilly is Deputy Editor of the journal BJC Reports but did not have a role in the peer review assessment of the manuscript.
: All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. Approval was obtained from a Cork Teaching Hospitals Clinical Research Ethics Committee ECM 01/2025/PUB. Informed consent was obtained from all participants.