Funding for this research was provided by:
Vetenskpliga RĂ¥det, Blekinge Hospital. Grant for PhD students.
Article History
Received: 26 December 2023
Revised: 10 June 2024
Accepted: 13 June 2024
First Online: 1 July 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Swedish National Ethics Committee (2014-03-18, ref: 2014/118) and registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (ref: NCT02246725).