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Received: 25 June 2024

Accepted: 8 October 2024

First Online: 29 October 2024

Declarations

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: Data collection was not part of the research presented in this paper. Data used in this study was obtained through the independent research “Ageing in Slovenia: Survey on the Needs, Abilities and Standpoints of the Slovene Population Aged 50 Years and Over” [] within which a questionnaire was developed and data was collected via in-person interviews. The questionnaire is not publicly available. The National Medical Ethics Committee of the Republic of Slovenia considered the questionnaire and the research concept for study in [], and an opinion was issued that the research was ethically impeccable. Ethical consent (nr. 115/09/09) was issued for its implementation [] and informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study. The research reported here in this paper was completely aligned with the aims of the data collected and no additional ethics-related issues were opened. During data collection, special methodological attention was paid to the respondent’s motivation for the selected sample and the training and monitoring of interviewers and data entry into the database. The dataset analyzed in this study was anonymized and free of any personally identifiable information (PII).

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: The authors declare no competing interests.