Ebm, Claudia
Sarti, R.
Almagioni, P.
Brusa, S.
del Pozo, AC
Hammond, J.
Vinci, V.
Oldani, S.
Article History
Received: 23 October 2025
Accepted: 28 January 2026
First Online: 5 February 2026
Declarations
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: The study , consisting of a survey involving human participants , was submitted to the Comitato Etico Territoriale Lombardia 5 (Via Alessandro Manzoni 56 , 20089 Rozzano , Italy) , established pursuant to Regione Lombardia Resolution No. XII/281 of 15 May 2023. The Ethics Committee determined that formal ethics approval was waived , as the survey collected non-interventional , fully anonymized data and posed minimal risk to participants. In accordance with Italian national regulations , ethics approval is not required for non-interventional survey studies based exclusively on anonymized data. Consequently , informed consent to participate was waived.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.