Atkin, Leanne
Stephenson, John
Ousey, Karen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Vibrant medical (N/A - was not via bid/grant application - award covered per patient fee only to cover the NHS costs of completing this research)
Article History
Received: 17 October 2018
Accepted: 15 October 2019
First Online: 17 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was granted by the local Research Ethics Committee (REC reference: CitationRef removed/YH/0080) and the trial was registered on NIHR Clinical Research Portfolio (CARD 3410, registered 23 May 2014: ExternalRef removed). The research was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Committee on Human Experimentation from the Declaration of Helsinki 1975. All participants provided written consent and guideline related to participant safety, and confidentiality was maintained at all times.
: Participants consented for their anonymised data to be published.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.