About the Authors

Sharon Linsey Bingham

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharon Linsey Bingham, Cherith Jane Semple

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Nursing, Institute of Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Sarah Small

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cancer Services, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Cherith Jane Semple

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharon Linsey Bingham, Cherith Jane Semple

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

cherith.semple@setrust.hscni.net

Affiliations School of Nursing, Institute of Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Cancer Services, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.