Westerberg, Thomas
Håkansson, Anders
Berglund, Kristina
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Gothenburg
Article History
Received: 24 June 2025
Accepted: 3 December 2025
First Online: 12 December 2025
Declarations
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: The present study was approved by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority (approval no. 2022–06330-01) on 13 January 2023 and conducted in accordance with the Swedish Act concerning the Ethical Review of Research Involving Humans [ ]:460), which is aligned with the ethical standards set forth in the WMA Declaration of Helsinki [ ]. All participants provided written informed consent prior to participation. The consent forms detailed the study’s purpose, voluntary nature of participation, confidentiality measures, and participants’ right to withdraw at any time without consequences. All data were collected anonymously, with personal identifiers removed during data processing and analysis. The data management procedures complied with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidelines, ensuring participant privacy and data security throughout the research process.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.