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Authors
Digby, Jayne
O’Carroll, Ronan E.
Chambers, Julie A.
Steele, Robert J. C.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate (HIPS/16/44)
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Article History
Received: 8 May 2020
Accepted: 17 August 2020
First Online: 20 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval and NHS R&D approval was granted by East of Scotland Research Ethics Service, ref.: 18/ES/0012. The Ethics Committee advised that return of the study questionnaire should be considered as implied consent and that verbal consent should be obtained from participants taking part in telephone interviews. The verbal consent form was read and audio recorded along with patient replies which were ticked off on paper.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
