Ruban, Sasha
Lloyd, Larissa
Badal, Tanya
Strange, Geoff
Celermajer, David S.
Bonner, Carissa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Future Fund
Funding has been provided by New South Wales Health through the NSW Health Cardiovascular Research Capacity Program and Senior and Early-Mid Career Researcher Grant
Article History
Received: 1 December 2025
Accepted: 26 February 2026
First Online: 5 March 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was granted by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Sydney Local Health District (X20-0483). Sydney Local Health District located at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital is accredited and certified by the NHMRC and the NSW Ministry of Health to approve studies under the mutual acceptance scheme and provide ethical clearance for multi-centre studies. All research conforms to the 2025 and the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research 2018. The study was conducted in accordance with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007), the CPMP/ICH Note for Guidance on Good Clinical Practice and consistent with the principles that have their origin in the Declaration of Helsinki. Compliance with these standards provides assurance that the rights, safety and well-being of trial participants are respected. Participants provided verbal and electronic written informed consent prior to their interviews.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.