McGuigan, Margaret
Larkin, Patricia
Funding for this research was provided by:
DkIT Summer Undergraduate Research Programme
Article History
Received: 10 July 2023
Accepted: 3 February 2024
First Online: 19 February 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted by the Dundalk Institute of Technology Research Ethics Committee (24/06/2021). The Health Service Executive (HSE) and participating hospitals also granted ethical approval through their local research ethics committees (REC-21–025, 24/06/2021) and (REC-2021–015, 09/07/2021). Individual hospitals have not been identified for reasons of confidentiality.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.