Lui, David Tak Wai http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9813-1126
Wu, Tingting http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3609-5016
Au, Ivan Chi Ho http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5904-8322
Liu, Xiaodong http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2592-8310
Fung, Matrix Man Him
Lee, Chi Ho http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7569-409X
Fong, Carol Ho Yi
Woo, Yu Cho
Lang, Brian Hung Hin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9362-0086
Tan, Kathryn Choon Beng http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9037-0416
Wong, Carlos King Ho http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6895-6071
Article History
Accepted: 4 October 2022
First Online: 26 October 2022
Declarations
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: Not applicable. The authors of this study received no financial support.
: David T.W. Lui, Tingting Wu, Ivan C.H. Au, Xiaodong Liu, Matrix M.H. Fung, Chi Ho Lee, Carol H.Y. Fong, Yu Cho Woo, Brian H.H. Lang, Kathryn C.B. Tan, and Carlos K.H. Wong have declared no conflicts of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Ethics approval of this study was granted by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Hong Kong/Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster (reference no. UW 21-320).
: Not applicable, as individuals were analysed anonymously and cannot be identified.
: Not applicable, as individuals were analysed anonymously and cannot be identified.
: The data that support the findings of this study are available from Hong Kong Hospital Authority but restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under licence for the current study, and therefore are not publicly available. Data are however available from the authors upon reasonable request and with permission of Hong Kong Hospital Authority.
: Not available.
: DTWL: Conceived the research idea, drafted the paper. TW: Conducted statistical analysis, drafted the paper. ICHA: Data management and reviewed the paper. XL: Data management and reviewed the paper. MMHF: Reviewed and validated the paper. CHL: Assisted data collection. YCW: Reviewed and validated the paper. BHHL: Reviewed and validated the paper. KCBT: Reviewed and validated the paper. CKHW: Conceived the research idea, data collection, supervised the project, and reviewed the paper. All authors read and approved the final version.