Kukreti, Shikha
Yeh, Chun-Yin
Lu, Meng-Ting
Imteyaz, Kashif
Strong, Carol
Ko, Nai-Ying
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science and Technology Council (114-2811-B-006-028)
Article History
Received: 21 August 2025
Accepted: 24 February 2026
First Online: 18 March 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study received approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB No. A-ER-111-507) of National Cheng Kung University. All participants were informed about the study’s objectives, and written informed consent was obtained from each participant prior to their enrollment, in line with the Declaration of Helsinki. The research was conducted following the ethical guidelines outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects in Taiwan.