Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWOTM974)
Article History
Received: 27 February 2023
Accepted: 30 September 2023
First Online: 26 October 2023
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in compliance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (current version), the principles of good clinical practice (GCP) and in accordance with all applicable regulatory requirements. The protocol and related documents were submitted for review and approved by the leading Medical Ethics Committee of the University Hospital of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium) on September 2nd 2020 (B.U.N. 1432020000191). All possible amendments were communicated with the leading Medical Ethics Committee. An a priori informed consent was granted by each study participant prior to the start of the study. All data were coded, the subjects’ names or other identifiers were stored separately from the research data and replaced by unique codes to create new identities for each individual subject. Only researchers involved in the study have access to the data.
: All participants agreed to take part in the study by means of an informed consent and also gave permission for their anonymized quotes to be used in research communication.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.