Watanabe, Hirofumi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8863-7342
Watanabe, Akifumi
Fujikawa, Koichi
Furuya, Mitsuru
Goto, Hiroaki
Ishikawa, Ayaka
Yokoyama, Kazuki
Seki, Chihiro
Iida, Akiko
Kosugi, Yoriko
Kumagai, Yumiko
Murakami, Akiko
Sakuma, Eri
Takagi, Kei
Kawauchi, Junya
Gyoda, Yasuaki
Watanabe, Junko
Article History
Received: 10 September 2025
Accepted: 29 January 2026
First Online: 13 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Not applicable.
: This was a retrospective study. At the start of home-based medical care, written informed consent for potential use of clinical data in medical research was obtained from all patients (or their legal guardians). Extracted data were anonymized and analyzed in a format that could not identify individuals. The study was conducted in accordance with institutional and ethical guidelines.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Junyuu-Kai Medical Corporation, Wata Clinic (approval number: W-2025-CS-01) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and related guidelines.
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.