Lin, Zhihao
Yang, Wenjie
Wan, Tangjiang
Liang, Yucheng
Shen, Shitong
Xue, Gang
Cao, Huan
Zhang, Jun
Li, Yafei
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82370287)
Scientific Research Project of the Gusu Health Talent Plan (GSWS2024033)
Suzhou Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease (SZS2024015)
Article History
Received: 24 April 2026
Accepted: 22 June 2026
First Online: 14 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Suzhou Municipal Hospital (No. K-2024-191-K03) and the Ethics Committee of Anqing Municipal Hospital (No. Medical Ethics Review [2025] No. 89). Both ethics approvals were obtained before participant recruitment, questionnaire distribution, and data collection. Written or electronic informed consent was obtained from all participants before questionnaire completion. All methods were carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant guidelines and regulations.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.