Miranda, Rafael https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0677-1642
Rodrigues, David Franco https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5488-3154
Matos Baptista, Filipa
Oliveira, Mónica Duarte https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4053-9214
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (2020.05845.BD)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (DSAIPA/AI/0088/2020)
Article History
Received: 15 April 2025
Accepted: 6 January 2026
First Online: 23 January 2026
Declarations
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: All methods were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained before voluntary participation. Participants acted as workshop experts and anonymous survey respondents, sharing preferences and basic demographic details. No patients or other vulnerable populations were involved. The broader project that includes UC2 received a favorable ethical opinion from the Ethics Committee of Instituto Superior Técnico (EC-IST Ref. 5/2024, 01/03/2024).
: Acknowledged institutions provided consent before manuscript preparation and submission.
: This work was partly developed within the scope of DR MSc thesis and was developed within the scope of RM’s doctoral research project, which is a collaboration between Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon) and Siemens Healthineers. Co-author FMB (PhD Epidemiology and Public Health) is an employee from Siemens Healthineers, and we naturally state that the developed work had a scientific nature and complied with ethical norms. No competing interests exist for the remaining authors.