Funding for this research was provided by:
University Grants Committee (17601122)
Article History
Accepted: 14 September 2025
First Online: 6 November 2025
Declarations
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: All participants provided informed consent prior to participation. Consent was voluntary, with participants retaining the right to withdraw or erase their data. No personally identifying information was required, and data was stored in encrypted folders for up to 3 years before erasure (01/11/2028). Participants received a HKD 50 voucher as compensation for completing the survey.
: Ethics approval was obtained from The University of Hong Kong Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). Reference number: EA220416.
: Artificial intelligence tools (ChatGPT) were used to support language refinement and stylistic editing of the manuscript. Data coding and analysis was conducted manually, without AI tools. All intellectual contributions, data analyses, and interpretations remain the responsibility of the authors.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest