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Article History

Accepted: 10 March 2023

First Online: 5 May 2023

Declarations

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: All procedures performed in our study were approved by the Human Subjects Ethics Sub-committee at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Reference number: HSEARS20190806001) and in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

: All participants received an explanation of the experimental processes before the study began and provided written informed consent.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: ISRCTN, ISRCTN66410347, Registered 5 April 2021 – Retrospectively registered.