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Article History

Received: 17 January 2024

Accepted: 8 July 2024

First Online: 16 July 2024

Declarations

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: The study was conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the standards of good clinical practice. The Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg approved this study on the 29th of November 2018 (reference number: 2018-090). All data collection and storage were approved by the data security officer of the University Oldenburg. USUMA GmbH has signed a data processing agreement according to Article 28 paragraph 3 GDPR. All persons participating in the study were informed in detail about the sense, purpose and course of the project as well as the handling of the collected data. Oral informed consent was obtained before inclusion in the study via telephone. This approach was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. Participation in the interviews was, of course, voluntary and could have been withdrawn at any time, without stating any reason and without consequences for the interviewee. Collected data have then been deleted.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.