D’Angelo, Stefania
Bloom, Ilse
Ntani, Georgia
Walker-Bone, Karen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council programme grant (MC_UU_12011/5)
Versus Arthritis (22090)
Economic and Social Research Council and Medical Research Council jointly (ES/L002663/1)
Article History
Received: 21 July 2023
Accepted: 20 December 2023
First Online: 5 January 2024
Declarations
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: The HEAF study has ongoing ethics approval with the NHS Health Research authority, North West, Liverpool East Research Ethics Committee IRAS PROJECT ID 103258, REC Reference 12/NW/0500. Proposals to conduct this qualitative study were submitted as a substantial amendment to the original protocol and a favourable ethical opinion was obtained on the 3rd of September 2021 (Amendment number: 2004.A17). The study was carried out in accordance with ethical guidelines of the University of Southampton and the 1964 Helsinki declaration. All participants gave written informed consent to participate.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.