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Received: 14 March 2024

Accepted: 18 February 2025

First Online: 13 March 2025

Declarations

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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki in its current version of 2013 (WMA Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects, 2013/64) and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR). The study presented here was submitted to the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg for professional advice before the start of the study and received a positive vote (ID: 2017 − 137). For all data collection methods in which personal data were collected, participants were asked to provide informed written consent, which has been previously approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine Oldenburg. All survey contents planned in the study (questionnaires and focus group interview guidelines) were reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine Oldenburg. In addition, the project was reviewed and approved by the data protection officer of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. For all data collection methods in which personal data were collected, participants were asked to provide informed written consent. All personal data were pseudonymised. The identifying data and the research data are stored independently.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.