Soto-Sanfiel, María T.
Angulo-Brunet, Ariadna
Lutz, Christoph
Funding for this research was provided by:
Norges Forskningsråd (299178)
Article History
Received: 7 February 2025
Accepted: 11 September 2025
First Online: 22 October 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study received approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) under protocol number NUS-IRB-20221222, granted on December 12, 2022. It was conducted in accordance with NUS ethical guidelines for research involving human participants and complied with all relevant regulations and standards, including the Declaration of Helsinki. The approval covered the administration of online expert and participant surveys, including procedures for recruitment, informed consent, data collection, reimbursement and analysis, data handling and storage, as well as the use of anonymized responses and quotations in academic publications and presentations.
: The informed consent procedure for this study was approved by the IRB of the National University of Singapore (NUS), also under the mentioned protocol (NUS-IRB-20221222) and approved on December 12, 2022. Prior to data collection, all expert and participant survey respondents were informed about the study’s aims, the minimal risks involved, the anonymous nature of their participation, the reimbursement, their right to withdraw at any time, and the procedures for secure data handling and storage. Consent was indicated by their voluntary decision to proceed with the online survey after receiving this information. No vulnerable individuals were involved in the study.