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Article History

Received: 20 December 2023

Accepted: 13 December 2024

First Online: 10 January 2025

Competing interests

: The author declares no competing interests.

: This study was performed in line with the University of Barcelona (UB) Code of good practices approved in 2010. It follows the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, developed by All European Academies (ALLEA), the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities. It also follows the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The study spanned from 2019 to 2023 and followed the Ethical Guidelines approved by the University of Barcelona (UB). The research followed the conducts for ethical research with participants and minors, data anonymisation, and had a data management plan according to UB guidelines.

: Informed consent of all participants (surveyed and interviewed) was obtained before they completed the survey in writing and when working with minors, informed consent was given by their legal guardians or parents in writing before starting the survey (during the period February–September 2022). No minors were interviewed. The scope of the consent covered taking part in the research, the process of assuring anonymity and that data coming from the research would be published and/or exposed at conferences, journals, or book chapters. Participants were fully informed their anonymity was assured through the research and in any subsequent publications.