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Article History

Received: 6 August 2022

Accepted: 13 September 2023

First Online: 27 September 2023

Declarations

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: The project was deemed to fall out-with the scope of the Norwegian Ethical Committee for Medicine and Health Research (REK reference: 2015/1061). Ethical approval was met in accordance with Sykehuset Innlandet policy, and approval from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (protocol number 90177). Potential participants were given a written summary of the project, which was read aloud to them prior to starting interviews. Written informed consent was received from all participants and held at the place of interview. The interviewer did not have access to the participants’ names or consent forms. The authors did not have access to any records about participants and all information presented about the participants was self-reported. Participants were made aware that they could withdraw from the project at any time, and all collected data were anonymised prior to storage.

: Participants were made aware that the interview data would be used for publication, and consent was attained for this.

: The authors of the project report that there were no competing interests to declare.