Jones, Sherry Usun
Kee, Boon Pin
Chew, Ching Hoong
Yeo, Chew Chieng
Chua, Kek Heng
Puah, Suat Moi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universiti Malaya
Article History
Received: 9 November 2025
Accepted: 3 February 2026
First Online: 2 March 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the Malaysian Ministry of Health, National Medical Research Registry (NMRR) and ethics committee with a reference number: NMRR-15-2369-28130 (IIR).