Alifragki, Panagiota
Baralou, Valia
Touloumi, Giota
Funding for this research was provided by:
The EMENO survey was implemented under the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning” and was co-funded by the European Union (European Social Fund) and national resources. (MIS 376659)
Article History
Received: 29 October 2025
Accepted: 13 March 2026
First Online: 19 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study has been approved by the ethics and deontology committee of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (078/25.02.2019). Ethics approval and consent to participate in the EMENO study was approved by the Ethics and Deontology Committee of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Date: 8 November 2012, Protocol number: 1742) and by the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (Date: 7 December 2012, Protocol number: GN/ΕX/1069-1/07-12-2012). All participants received detailed information regarding the purpose of the study and their rights, and gave their informed consent before their inclusion in the research.
: Not applicable.
: Giota Touloumi has received grants unrelated to this study and paid to her institution from Gilead Sciences Europe, UCL, EU and National funds. The rest of the authors declare that they have no competing interests.