Schiek, Helen
Esch, Tobias
Hoetger, Cosima
Funding for this research was provided by:
Private Universität Witten/Herdecke gGmbH
Article History
Received: 29 April 2024
Accepted: 3 January 2025
First Online: 18 February 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this research has been obtained from the Ethics Committee of Witten/Herdecke University in September 2023 (123/2023). All individuals filled out an informed consent form before participation in this study.
: Participants received an informed consent document via e-mail. Written informed consent was collected digitally by asking participants to select “I consent” via a checkbox in an online form. The informed consent document contained detailed information about the intervention, study procedures, potential risks and benefits of study participation, data handling and data protection, as well as on analysis of the collected data and publication of the study results.”
: HS was a salaried employee at Sanos Group GmbH from March 2022 until November 2023. TE held shares in Sanos Group GmbH from 05/2022 until 07/2024. CH declares that she has no competing interests.