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Article History

Received: 9 July 2023

Accepted: 1 December 2023

First Online: 12 December 2023

Declarations

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

: This study was guided by the ethical principles of Helsinki Declaration for Human Research [CitationRef removed]. Ethical approval was deemed unnecessary to national guidelines in good research practice from the Swedish Research Council [CitationRef removed]. This non-experimental study protocol did not entail physical encroachments, did not aim to impact participants physically or psychologically, and did not have any obvious risk of harm. No sensitive information was collected regarding participant or patient names, dates of birth, or medical conditions. The decision to implement SICP was taken by hospital administrators and viewed as a quality improvement project. Permission to undertake the qualitative study protocol was granted by the hospital director, and written information was sent to the clinic mangers. No patient-related information was collected. Both written and verbal information was given to participants regarding the study aim, the voluntary nature of participation, the ability to withdraw at any time, and confidentiality. Verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to the focus group discussions. The use of verbal informed consent instead of written was due to logistical reasons i.e., participants were first informed verbally by their mangers about the purpose of the discussions as an evaluation of the quality improvement project they had participated in, after which verbal consent was obtained from participants prior to the focus group discussions.

: Not applicable.