Potsakis, Stavros https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6662-9447
Silvola, Juha Tapio https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7615-096X
Grov, Ellen Karine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5347-8812
Funding for this research was provided by:
Akershus University Hospital
Article History
Received: 9 June 2025
Accepted: 13 August 2025
First Online: 1 October 2025
Declarations
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: The study received ethical approval from the Norwegian Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REC) (Case No: 230844). The handling of sensitive personal data was approved by the Data Protection Officer (DPO) at Akershus University Hospital (Case No: 2021_84). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to inclusion in the study. All participants were cognitively capable of providing informed consent, as determined by clinical judgment, and consented voluntarily to take part in the study. A copy of the informed consent form, provided in the participants’ native language, is included in the Appendix. All procedures involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Not applicable. The manuscript does not contain any individual data or identifiable information requiring separate consent for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.