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Lin, Fen
Meng, Xiang
Zhi, Pei
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Received: 17 June 2024
Accepted: 17 March 2025
First Online: 2 April 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approvalEthical approval was obtained from the Human Subject Ethics Committee of the City University of Hong Kong (Ref No: 8-2020-04-E295-18). The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Before initiating the data collection process via online survey, the authors obtained written informed consent from all participants. The informed consent section was shown at the top of the first survey page. Participants were told the length of the time of the survey, the purpose of the study, and the contact information of the project coordinators. They were also explicitly informed that their participation was voluntary and that their responses would be treated with complete confidentiality and anonymity. In addition, this study intentionally avoided collecting any identifying information, such as names, addresses, or affiliations.
