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Article History

Received: 28 July 2024

Accepted: 13 December 2024

First Online: 5 February 2025

Competing interests

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: This study was performed in line with the principles of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. The study was approved by the Comité Ético Científico de la Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo (number 2021-67) on October 2, 2022.

: Informed consent was obtained online from each study participant by researchers CC and FV during the study’s implementation period (October 2021 and March 2022). The consent process began with the distribution of an information sheet outlining the purpose of the research, the nature of their participation, the risk-benefit assessment, measures to protect data confidentiality and privacy, and the intended use of the information for research purposes. Participants were then invited to ask any questions or address any concerns they had. Once they fully understood the research and their role in it, they were provided with an online consent form to complete prior to the interview. The consent covered participation, data usage, and permission to publish the results. All participants were thoroughly informed, and their anonymity in the research was guaranteed. This study did not include vulnerable individuals.