Huang, Ya-Ling http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8700-6653
Chen, Ching-Yao http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8478-4118
Chu, Ching-Chi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2849-1396
Funding for this research was provided by:
En Chu Kong Hospital (ECKH_D10802)
Article History
Received: 5 May 2021
Accepted: 18 July 2021
First Online: 29 July 2021
Conflicts of interests
: The authors declare that they have no financial relationships with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous 3 years, and there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.
: This study is a de-identified database-based study, and, therefore, was exempt from a full review of the Institutional Review Committee on Human Research of En Chu Kong Hospital (Registration no. ECKIRB1081201), and the need for obtaining participant informed consent was waived.
: The corresponding authors (Chen CY and Chu CC) confirm that the manuscript is an honest, accurate, and transparent account of the study being reported; that no important aspects of the study have been omitted; and that any discrepancies from the study as planned have been explained.