Cua, Sean Kendrich N.
Pascual, Juan Silvestre G.
Hernandez, Mary Angeline Luz U.
Legaspi, Eric Dennis C.
Khu, Kathleen Joy O.
Article History
Received: 24 June 2025
Revised: 23 November 2025
Accepted: 1 December 2025
First Online: 10 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the University of the Philippines Manila Research Ethics Board (UPMREB) Review Panel 4 (10 June 2024, 2024-0432-01).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication of the data provided in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.