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Article History

Received: 28 May 2024

Accepted: 8 August 2024

First Online: 16 August 2024

Declarations

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: All methods conducted adhered to the relevant guidelines and regulations in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The national regulations and guidelines for ethics approval were followed in this study. The Norwegian Centre for Research Data (ID 2019/533039), and the Hospital Institutional Review Boards (PVO 2019/06011) approved the study. Prior to this, an application was sent to the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research (2019/343 REK-South-East) which declared that approval for the current project was not required according to the Ethics Norwegian Health Research Act. Before the interviews began, the participants were informed individually that their participation was anonymous and voluntary and that they could withdraw at any stage. The participants received oral and written information about the study. All signed a written Informed consent form agreeing to participate.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.