Hirata, Yoshito https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9245-2543
Fukuchi, Kazuto https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3895-219X
Todo, Naoya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1194-3210
Harada, Etsuko T. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3844-9060
Sakuma, Jun https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5015-3812
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Technology, Japan
Article History
Received: 29 October 2025
Accepted: 2 February 2026
First Online: 26 February 2026
Declarations
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: The researchers declare that all the data were handled so that we can protect participants’ privacy and confidentiality. We anonymized the data before the analysis so that we could minimize the risk. We collected and used the data only for the research purposes outlined when we had obtained the ethics committee’s approvals. All participants provided informed consent before they participated in this study. We confirm that the participants participated in this study voluntarily. We ensured that the participants could withdraw from this study by their free wills before the above anonymizations.
: The above informed consent for participation includes the condition that the results of this study may be published in such a way that one cannot identify each participant or their personal information from the publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.