Research funding: None declared.
Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.
Informed consent: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
Ethical approval: Approval for the study was obtained from the North of Scotland Research Ethics Service Committee (13/NS/0016).
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