Afshar, Kambiz
Wiese, Birgitt
Stiel, Stephanie
Schneider, Nils
Engel, Bettina
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)
Article History
Received: 8 November 2021
Accepted: 14 February 2022
First Online: 23 February 2022
Declarations
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: Study procedures were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethics Committee at Hannover Medical School (MHH) 29<sup>th</sup> October 2018 (Registration No. 8131_BO_K_2018). The data protection protocol was approved by the data protection officer at MHH. The study and subsequent data analyses were executed according to MHH evaluation procedures and with the support of the office of the Dean of Studies. All study participants received written information prior to study participation outlining the study aim, planned methods as well as the voluntary nature of participation, the right to withdraw participation at any time and the right not to answer particular questions, and the confidential treatment of anonymous data. Informed consent was obtained from each participant.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.