Hoste, Natalie
Baele, Ellen
De Vleeschauwer, Aster
Mertens, Fien
Poppe, Louise
Janssens, Barbara
Pype, Peter
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agency for Care and Health
Article History
Received: 11 March 2025
Accepted: 10 July 2025
First Online: 14 August 2025
Declarations
:
: Ethical approval for this study was given by an independent Committee for Medical Ethics of the Ghent University Hospital (reference number ONZ-2022-0369). The study is conducted in accordance with the guidelines for Good Clinical Practice and the Declaration of Helsinki, established to protect individuals participating in clinical studies. After receiving oral and written information about the study, all participants provided their written consent for participation and for recording the focus groups.
: This is not applicable. Before the focus groups were conducted, informed consent was obtained from all participants in writing. The participants agreed to share their data that were pseudonymised in the study. Information about their privacy and how their data would be stored was included in the informed consent file.
: The authors declare no competing interests.