Díaz, Estela M.
Almiron, Núria
Aranceta-Reboredo, Olatz
Article History
Received: 19 September 2023
Accepted: 9 February 2024
First Online: 4 April 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: A favorable approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Universidad Pontificia Comillas, which stated the following: The project presents clearly its objectives, the relevance of the research, its inclusion and exclusion criteria, its methodology, the risks and benefits of the research, the confidentiality of the researchers, and the information provided to the participants. The project is based on an anonymous and voluntary survey, which prevents all possible confidentiality problems. The researchers explicitly state their commitment to comply with the current national and European legislation regarding Data Protection. The project, therefore, meets ethical requirements for research of these characteristics and is approved by this Committee.
: Following the Declaration of Helsinki, participants were provided with adequate and comprehensible written information about the purpose and design of the study as well as the name of the researchers before accessing the questionnaire. They were also informed about the voluntary nature of their participation, the duration of the questionnaire, the anonymity of the data, and the option available to withdraw at any time from the questionnaire.