Ji, Wencan
Wang, Canjun
Wang, Xinhui
Liang, Yan
Qiu, Shanhu
Wang, Shaohua
Funding for this research was provided by:
Open Project Programme of the Key Base for Standardized Training for General Physicans, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University (ZDZYJD-QK-2022-5)
Key Research Base Foundation of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Jiangsu Education Department (2021B05)
Article History
Received: 11 February 2025
Accepted: 20 April 2026
First Online: 27 April 2026
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in strict adherence to the ethical principles of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. We confirm that the study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee at the Affiliated Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University (approval no. of ethics committee: 2021ZDSYLL435-Y01), the study (Trial registry: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry; Trial registration number: ChiCTR-OCC-15006060; Registration date: 2017), China. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.