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Received: 15 October 2024

Accepted: 11 March 2025

First Online: 17 April 2025

Declarations

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: The study followed the ethical guidelines of good scientific practice, the EU-General Data Protection Regulation, and the Declaration of Helsinki. The regulations of the Austrian Board of Ethics Committees require authorisation to investigate vulnerable groups, conduct intervention studies, and conduct pharmaceutical trials. None of these criteria applies to the study presented here. Furthermore, the study does not qualify for healthcare or medical research, focusing on generating new knowledge about disease or health. Thus, this study was exempt from ethical approval under Austrian Health Research regulations. Under Austrian law, a waiver is given only for approved research and not if no ethical approval is needed. Written information was provided to participants before the distribution of the surveys. Participants provided informed consent as online surveys contained the following statement for the participants: “By clicking to move forward to complete this survey, I agree to participate in this study.” Data collection was anonymous.

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: The authors declare no competing interests.