Robinson, Suganthy http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9987-7547
Moon, Tang Min http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7760-3238
Eng, Tey Kwee
Yuen, Teoh Tze
Jong, Tang Jyh http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9037-8274
Selvarajah, Latha
Chiang, Tan Wooi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-0974
Chiat, Teh Yeon http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-5300
Tiong, John
Chinthapatla, Harini
Eng, Shu Kee
Thevarajah, Suganthi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Novartis Corporation
Article History
Accepted: 8 February 2023
First Online: 25 February 2023
Declarations
:
: The study was supported by Novartis Corporation (Malaysia) with funding provided for article preparation.
: Shu Kee Eng, John Tiong and Harini Chinthapatla are employees of Novartis. Suganthy Robinson, Tang Min Moon, Tan Wooi Chiang, Teh Yeon Chiat, Latha Selvarajah, Tang Jyh Jong, and Suganthi Thevarajah have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: This study was approved by the Malaysian Research Ethics Committee (NMRR-20-1170-54885). This study was performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and its later amendments.
: All subjects provided informed consent to participate in the study. No identifying information is included in this article.
: Not applicable.
: The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available because of the privacy policies set by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia.
: Not applicable.
: All authors contributed to the study conception, design, data collection, and analysis. Material preparation and writing were performed by SR and HC. All authors were involved in the review and correction of the manuscript. All named authors meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors criteria of authorship for this article, take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, and have given their approval for this version to be published.