Schüz, Benjamin
Scholle, Oliver
Haug, Ulrike
Tillmann, Roland
Jones, Christopher
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Bremen
Article History
Received: 9 November 2023
Accepted: 29 April 2024
First Online: 6 May 2024
Change Date: 9 May 2024
Change Type: Update
Change Details: A typesetting mistake in the figure formatting in the HTML version of the article was corrected.
Declarations
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: Ethics approval was obtained through the University of Bremen ethics committee (AZ 2021-03). All methods and procedures were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines. All participants provided informed consent including before being interviewed for this study.
: Not applicable.
: OS and UH are working at an independent, non-profit research institute, the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS. Unrelated to this study, BIPS occasionally conducts studies financed by the pharmaceutical industry. These are post-authorization safety studies (PASS) requested by health authorities. The design and conduct of these studies as well as the interpretation and publication are not influenced by the pharmaceutical industry. The study presented was not funded by the pharmaceutical industry. The Federal Ministry of Health specified the research question and the main content of the study concept and regularly participated in discussions on the implementation of the study. The authors were independent in the specific design, execution, interpretation, and writing of the study. The Federal Ministry of Health has authorized the publication of the results. BS, RT and CJ declare no conflicts of interest.