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Received: 25 October 2021

Accepted: 12 April 2022

First Online: 2 May 2022

Declarations

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: The MULTI-ACT project was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the European Commission and Agency. The project did not need ethical committee approval as the study did not entail any health research activity (intervention, treatment or testing) involving human participants. Neither children nor adults who were unable to give their informed consent took part in the research. Representatives of patients’ associations were consulted on the research activities, thus contributing as specific advisory bodies for the project. We obtained written informed consent for participation in the study from all the people involved. All the research processes were overseen by the ethical manager of the consortium and by the external ethical advisor, as required by the European Commission, Ethics Requirement No.6 of the Ethics Summary Report (Ref. Ares (2017)5910822–03/12/2017).

: Not applicable. The study did not involve processing sensitive personal data. All data collection and processing complied with EU and national legislation, consent procedures, and with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

: At the time of the study, the authors were members of the MULTI-ACT consortium and they claim to have no competing interests.