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Article History

Received: 6 October 2022

Accepted: 18 February 2023

First Online: 30 March 2023

Declarations

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: This study is part of the first InSCI community survey. In the context of data collection, compliance with national laws and regulatory approvals by Institutional Review Boards or Ethical Committees was mandatory for all countries and conform to the Helsinki Declaration. Each national study group was responsible to ensure this compliance. Informed consent was sought from each participant in accordance with national regulations. The country and the name of the ethics committee in each country are the following:Australia—Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Ethics Committee; Brazil-Comissão de Ética para Análise de Projetos de Pesquisa do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, CAPPesq; China- Ethics committees of the first affiliated hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province,;Ethics Committee of Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu; France-Comité de Protection des Personnes; Germany- Ethic Committee of Hannover Medical School; Greece-Scientific/Ethical Committee of General Hospital 'G. Gennimatas' Athens, Indonesia-Health Research Ethics Committee, National Institute of Health Research and Development; Italy-Comitato Etico Interaziendale AOU 'Maggiore della Carità' di Novara, ASL BI, ASL NO, ASL VCO ItaSCI; Japan-Research Ethics Committee of Wakayama Medical University; Lithuania-Vilnius Regional Committee for the Ethics of Biomedical Research; Malaysia-Medical Research and Ethics Committee, Ministry of Health; Morocco-Hospital and University Ethics Committee of Fez; Netherlands-Medical Ethics Board University Medical Center Utrecht; Norway-Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics, South East; Poland-Bioethical Committee of the Medical University of Lodz; Romania-Ethical Committee of Rehabilitation Hospital Felix Spa; South Korea-Institutional Review Board of National Rehabilitation Center; South Africa-Biomedical Science Research Ethics Committee of the University of the Western Cape; Spain-Ethical Committee of Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Hospital; Universitario Materno Infantile de Gran Canaria, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio; Switzerland-Ethical Committee of Northern and Central Switzerland; Thailand-Ethical Committee of Faculty Medicine, Chiang Mai University; United States-University of Vermont Institutional Review Board. More details are provided in the Table A in the appendix.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.