Siqeca, Flaka
Yip, Olivia
Mendieta, Maria José
Schwenkglenks, Matthias
Zeller, Andreas
De Geest, Sabina
Zúñiga, Franziska
Stenz, Samuel
Briel, Matthias
Quinto, Carlos
Blozik, Eva
Deschodt, Mieke
Obas, Katrina
Dhaini, Suzanne
Funding for this research was provided by:
SSPH+ Global PhD Fellowship Program in Public Health Sciences [GlobalP3HS] of the Swiss School of Public Health (801076, 801076)
TRANS-SENIOR Project (812656)
Article History
Received: 15 July 2022
Accepted: 11 December 2022
First Online: 21 December 2022
Declarations
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: The ethical approval for conducting the INSPIRE Population survey was sought by the Ethics Commission Northwestern and Central Switzerland (Ethikkommission Nordwest- und Zentralschweiz—EKNZ). The ethical committee declared that the study was not subject to cantonal and federal legislation and was not deemed a research study as defined by to the Human Research Act Art. 2. Therefore, the EKNZ did not issue a formal ethical approval but concluded that the study did meet the general ethical principles for research involving human beings (cf. Art. 51 para. 2 Human Research Act). All methods in this study were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations and an informed consent was obtained from all participants in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.