Asari, Filza Noor
Muhammad, Eida Nurhadzira
Ramly, Nurfatehar
Mutalip, Mohd Hatta Abdul
Hisham, Muhammad Faiz Mohd
Chong, Zhuo Lin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (NMRR-190867-47973)
Article History
Received: 11 July 2025
Accepted: 24 February 2026
First Online: 3 March 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The survey was registered with the National Medical Research Registry as NMRR-190867-47973. The protocol and the procedures used were approved by the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health, which operates in accordance with the International Council for Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH), the Malaysian Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice, and the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent before being recruited into the study.