Tanemura, Nanae http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1787-9571
Chiba, Tsuyoshi
Article History
Received: 2 April 2022
Accepted: 2 August 2022
First Online: 15 August 2022
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Our research was approved on June 3, 2021 (no. 154) by an appropriate ethics committee. We performed the study in accordance with the ethical standards defined in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments. We posted the general outline of our research on the survey website for the nominated participants. Informed consent was implied for participants who completed the survey, in accordance with the “Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research Involving Human Subjects” published by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan (Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare, CitationRef removed).
: The study’s outline and its objectives were provided on the webpage to facilitate participants’ understanding of the study. Completing the survey was regarded as providing informed consent, based on the local ethical standard guidelines published in Japan.