Peterson, Lili http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7061-4153
Bridle, Laura http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6352-2207
Dasgupta, Tisha http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7874-9519
Easter, Abigail http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4462-6537
Ghobrial, Stephanos http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1562-0854
Ishlek, Irem http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1065-3668
Magee, Laura A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1355-610X
Mansfield, Amanda http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8260-7356
Panayotidis, Ismini http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6628-2176
Rosen O’Sullivan, Hannah http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4024-6307
Shangaris, Panicos http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-8405
Banerjee, Anita http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-9662
Silverio, Sergio A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7177-3471
Article History
Received: 22 March 2024
Accepted: 8 July 2024
First Online: 29 July 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was sought from and granted by the King’s College London Research Ethics Committee (3 October 2022; ref:- LRS/DP-21/22–22282). All participants provided consent to participate. An interview method was utilised in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations, with the interview schedule (Appendix ) having been approved by the Research Ethics Committee. Informed consent was obtained from all study participants electronically either where they completed and signed consent forms as a PDF and returned them to the researcher via e-mail; or where participants printed, manually completed and signed consent forms, and scanned them back to the researcher via e-mail. Where neither electronic method was possible, a verbal informed consent was employed with the researcher recorded a reading of the consent form with replies from the participant confirming consent recorded on an electronic copy of the consent form at the beginning of the interview. All methods of consent were approved by the Research Ethics Committee as pragmatic ways of conducting qualitative research virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic due to traditional ‘wet signature’ consent not being possible in light of lockdown restrictions. All participants were also made aware of their right to withdraw.
: Not applicable.
: AE (King’s College London) is currently supported by the National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration South London (NIHR ARC South London) at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. SAS (King’s College London) is in receipt of a Personal Doctoral Fellowship from the NIHR ARC South London Capacity Building Theme [ref:- NIHR-INF-2170]. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. The other authors do not have any competing interests.