Kubo, Hiroaki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7725-527X
Naono-Nagatomo, Keiko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2070-7017
Sakai, Motohiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7944-3001
Nonaka, Shunsuke https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9040-4436
Funahashi, Hideki
Ishida, Yasushi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7601-4906
Hirano, Yoji https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6847-9677
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Miyazaki
Article History
Accepted: 2 June 2025
First Online: 20 June 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Miyazaki (O-1278). In the preliminary survey, informed consent was obtained in a written or online manner with voluntary participation in the study. In the main survey, a consent form and document explaining the present study were sent to each candidate participant, along with questionnaires. The explanation document included the contact information of the first author to respond to any inquiries regarding the present study and to accept the withdrawal of consent.