Renko, Elina
Heino, Matti T. J.
Moilanen, Johanna
Isokuortti, Nanne
Kohonen, Katarina
Jäppinen, Maija
Hankonen, Nelli
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (VN/14893/2022, VN/14893/2022, VN/14893/2022, VN/14893/2022, VN/14893/2022, VN/14893/2022, VN/14893/2022)
Article History
Received: 23 January 2025
Accepted: 22 October 2025
First Online: 27 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The ethics approval for the study protocol was obtained from the University of Helsinki Ethical Review Board in the Humanities and Social and Behavioural Sciences (Ethical approval number: Statement 59/2023), date of approval: 1.9.2023. The review board states that the planned study is ethically acceptable (scope of approval: the approval covers data collection, participant recruitment, participant groups, intervention, research methods used, and the overall study design). All research was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was obtained from all the participants. Consent was obtained orally before starting the interview by the interviewee from the participant (interviews took place between 30.4.2024 and 27.6.2024. The consent was audio-recorded and covered participation, data use and consent to publish. According to Finnish data protection legislation and the GDPR, recorded oral consent is considered equivalent to written consent because it is recorded and can be verified afterwards.