Worrall, Semra http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6587-9306
Christiansen, Paul http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7534-0948
Khalil, Asma http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2802-7670
Silverio, Sergio A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7177-3471
Fallon, Victoria http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7350-2568
Article History
Received: 29 September 2023
Accepted: 8 March 2024
First Online: 14 March 2024
Declarations
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: The study received full ethical approval from the University of Liverpool Institute of Population Health Research Ethics Committee (ref:-10606; ref:-3616). All participants provided written informed consent via an electronically signed form, and were made aware of their right to withdraw. All aspects of the study were performed in accordance with the latest version of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: All participants were fully informed and their informed consent for publication has been obtained that their data would be used for the publication of this study, and consented to their anonymized data being published.
: Miss. Semra Worrall’s PhD is supported financially by the University of Liverpool; however, the institution has no influence over research design, data collection, analysis, write-up, or the decision to submit. All other authors declare no known competing financial interests or personal relationships which could have appeared to influence the work reported in this article.