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Article History

Received: 4 January 2024

Accepted: 29 March 2024

First Online: 22 April 2024

Declarations

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: The study was conducted using only register data, i.e., no human subjects were contacted in the data collection. The Finnish National Board on Research Integrity (TENK) does not require an ethical review statement for purely register-based studies []. Good scientific practice, data protection guidelines, and ethical standards were followed when collecting and analyzing the data and reporting the results []. Researchers had no access to the personal identifiers when conducting the analyses. According to the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union and the Finnish Data Protection Act, processing of personal data is permitted without informed consent of study subjects if the task is carried out in the public interest, such as scientific research [, ].

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.