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Article History

Received: 15 March 2026

Accepted: 25 May 2026

First Online: 3 June 2026

Declarations

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: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) for observational COVID-19 studies (2022-005). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. One week prior to the scheduled interviews, the recruited persons received an information letter outlining the research aim, procedure, confidentiality, and contact details, and an informed consent form. The interviewers read the informed consent form out loud at the start of the interview and informed consent was obtained verbally. Conform the approved study protocol, the audio recorded informed consent was stored digitally to guarantee pseudonymization, confidentially and an efficient workflow. As the willingness to participate in the subsequent interview-study was already documented in the digital survey and all information about the research and informed consent was provided by mail, the researchers opted to use recorded verbal consent. This was more convenient for the participants and in line with the Dutch legislation.

: The authors declare no competing interests.