Thies, Sibylle Brunhilde
Bevan, Susan
Wassall, Matthew
Shajan, Blessy Kurissinkal
Chowalloor, Lydia
Kenney, Laurence
Howard, Dave
Funding for this research was provided by:
Innovate UK (012227, 012227, 012227, 012227)
NRS Healthcare
Article History
Received: 12 February 2023
Accepted: 30 October 2023
First Online: 13 November 2023
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Panel of the University of Salford (Ref 291 and Ref 2669) and UK NHS IRAS Ethics (IRAS ID 294622). All research participants gave informed consent. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The research was to 50% funded by NRS Healthcare hence co-author Susan Bevan is subject to a conflict of interest, however, neither Susan Bevan nor any other staff from NRS Healthcare were involved in any of the data analyses; data were analyzed by the University of Salford authors only.