Gaynor, Declan
Rashid-Doubell, Fiza
Marmion, Celine J
Stabile, Isabel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Committee RCSI Bahrain
Article History
Received: 26 June 2024
Accepted: 27 October 2025
First Online: 19 November 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Research Ethics Committees of RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences (REC1568), Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical University of Bahrain (07062018) and the University of Malta (DSG/2018-19/019_1). Informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.