Thies, Sibylle Brunhilde
Bevan, Susan
Wassall, Matthew
Mootien, Cynthia Poolay
Kenney, Laurence
Howard, David
Funding for this research was provided by:
Innovate UK
Institutional Higher Education Funding
Article History
Received: 1 March 2024
Accepted: 3 February 2025
First Online: 20 February 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Panel of the University of Salford (Ref 291 and Ref 2669) and UK NHS IRAS Ethics (IRAS ID 294622). All research participants gave informed consent. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: Part of the research was funded by NRS Healthcare hence co-author Susan Bevan is subject to a conflict of interest, however, neither Susan Bevan nor any other staff from NRS Healthcare were involved in any of the data analyses; data were analysed by the University of Salford authors only.