About the Authors
- Sue Jordan
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* E-mail: s.e.jordan@swansea.ac.uk
Affiliation Department of Nursing, The College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
- Alan Watkins
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Affiliation The College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, UK Wales, United Kingdom
- Mel Storey
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Affiliation The College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, UK Wales, United Kingdom
- Steven J. Allen
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Affiliation The College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, UK Wales, United Kingdom
- Caroline J. Brooks
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Affiliation The College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, UK Wales, United Kingdom
- Iveta Garaiova
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Affiliation Obsidian Research Limited, Baglan Industrial Park, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
- Martin L. Heaven
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Affiliation The College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, UK Wales, United Kingdom
- Ruth Jones
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Affiliation The College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, UK Wales, United Kingdom
- Sue F. Plummer
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Affiliation Obsidian Research Limited, Baglan Industrial Park, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
- Ian T. Russell
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Affiliation The College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, UK Wales, United Kingdom
- Catherine A. Thornton
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Affiliation The College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, UK Wales, United Kingdom
- Gareth Morgan
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Affiliation The College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, UK Wales, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
S. Jordan, S. J. Allen, C. A. Thornton, A. Watkins, R. Jones, I. Russell, C. J. Brooks, M. L. Heaven, and G. Morgan declare no conflicts of interest. M. Storey received financial support from Cultech Ltd. I. Garaiova is a Senior Research Manager and S. F. Plummer is the Managing Director, Obsidian Research Ltd. The affiliations of two authors and the commercial funding, along with any other relevant declarations relating to employment, products in development does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed in the online guide for authors. The product in the trial was not commercially available at the time of the trial.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SJ SA SP CT GM. Performed the experiments: SJ MS SA CB IG MH RJ GM. Analyzed the data: SJ AW IR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB MH IG SP. Wrote the paper: SJ AW MS SP IR GM. Commented on drafts and approved the final manuscript: SJ AW MS SA CB IG MH RJ SP IR CT GM.