Przytuła, Sylwia
Rasticova, Martina
Versal, Natalia
Mishra, Pawan Kumar
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST Action CA21107 'Work Inequalities in Later Life Redefined by Digitalization' (DIGI-net))
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST Action CA21107 'Work Inequalities in Later Life Redefined by Digitalization' (DIGI-net))
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, COST Action CA21107 'Work Inequalities in Later Life Redefined by Digitalization' (DIGI-net), Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme (CA21107, CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008710)
Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme,Czechia (CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008710)
Article History
Received: 6 March 2025
Accepted: 2 February 2026
First Online: 26 February 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible institutional and national research committees and in compliance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (1964) and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Ethical approval for the study protocol, including the study design, data collection instruments, recruitment procedures, and data management and anonymization procedures, was obtained prior to the commencement of the research from the Committee on Bioethics of Scientific Research of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine; Decision No. 6, approved on 24 October 2024) and from the Research Ethics Committee of Mendel University in Brno (Brno, Czech Republic; Decision No. 2024_8_KELS, approved on 10 October 2024).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their participation in the study through an offline consent form administered by the research team. Informed consent and data collection were conducted after receipt of institutional ethics approval and took place between November and December 2024. Participants were informed about the purpose of the research, the voluntary nature of participation, the procedures involved, the anonymized use of data for academic publication, and the absence of foreseeable risks. Consent covered participation in the study, processing and analysis of anonymized data, and publication of aggregated results. No personally identifiable information was collected, anonymity was assured, and the study did not involve minors or vulnerable individuals.