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Received: 18 March 2024

Revised: 14 June 2024

Accepted: 20 June 2024

First Online: 26 August 2024

ETHICS APPROVAL AND CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE

: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committees and the respective Data Protection Offices of all 12 hospitals where the study is being conducted: Ethics Commission of the Centro Hospitalar de Entre o Douro e Vouga, Santa Maria da Feira (CA-0462/19-0t_MP/AC); Ethics Commission for Health of the Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto (318/19); Ethics Commission of the Centro Hospitalar de Trás os Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real (348/2019-C.A.); Ethics Commission for Health of the Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia (197/219-2); Ethics Commission of the Centro Hospitalar do Médio Ave, Famalicão (C. Ética/24/2019); Ethics Commission for Health of the Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa, Penafiel (PROC N° 48/2019); Ethics Commission of the Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto/Hospital de Santo António, Porto (N/REF^a 2019.308(247-DEFI/264-CE); Ethics Commission for Health of the Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães (Ref. 69/2019); Ethics Commission of the Hospital de Braga, Braga (Ref^a 223_2019); Ethics Commission for Health of the Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho/Hospital Santa Luzia, Viana do Castelo (56/2019-CES); Ethics Commission of the Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos/Hospital Pedro Hispano, Porto (128/CE/JAS); Ethics Commission of the Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste, Unidade Hospitalar de Macedo de Cavaleiros (65/2019). In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation, a set of procedures will be taken into account to comply with the requirements of the European Regulation regarding scientific research and the protection of personal data. The researchers provided clear, transparent, and detailed information about the following: research objectives, name, and institution of researchers, voluntary nature of participation, expected duration of the questionnaire, reasons for audio recording, procedures taken to protect personal data, participants’ entitlement to obtain additional information and clarification on any aspect related to the study and the option to be informed about the results of the study, guarantee of the possibility to withdraw from the study at any time without consequences, and data retention period. Confidentiality, anonymity, and data protection were also guaranteed.

: The authors of this work declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

: Both oral and written informed consent were obtained from the participants for their anonymized information to be published in this article.