Neugebauer, Till
Schellenberg, Valeria
Allak, Alena
Pardon, Siegrun
Yilmaz-Aslan, Yüce
Schiermeier, Sven
Kiessling, Claudia
Schmiedl, Sven
Dockweiler, Christoph
Brzoska, Patrick
Funding for this research was provided by:
Private Universität Witten/Herdecke gGmbH
Article History
Received: 26 February 2025
Accepted: 16 June 2025
First Online: 4 July 2025
Declarations
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: For this study, data were collected from social media platforms. Since these are publicly accessible forums, users’ posts were treated as publicly available secondary data, in accordance to recommendations in the field []. As detailed in the methods section, multiple measures were taken to ensure data anonymity. This approach aligns with recommendations for secondary data analysis []. This procedure was approved by the independent ethics committee of Witten/Herdecke University (IFFV 2024-81).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.