Tohi, Yoichiro
Hijikata, Yasukazu
Sugimoto, Mikio http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9266-782X
Kuroda, Hideya
Takei, Mineo
Matsuki, Takakazu
Kamitani, Tsukasa
Kakehi, Yoshiyuki
Fukuhara, Shunichi
Yamamoto, Yosuke
Article History
Received: 4 July 2023
Accepted: 10 August 2023
First Online: 15 September 2023
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing financial interests.
: This study involved human participants and was conducted following the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee, in accordance with the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki. It received approval from the Institutional Review Board of Kagawa University (approval number: 2020–064) and the Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research (approval number: 202001).
: All participants provided written informed consent before participating in the study.