Fan, Shaoyi
Liang, Ximin
Yun, Tianchan
Pei, Zhong
Hu, Bin
Ismail, Zahinoor
Yang, Zhimin
Xu, Fuping
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFC1705600)
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine’s Scientific and Technological Plan (YN2016ZWB07)
Guangdong Research Center for TCM Services and Industrial Development (2019YBB06)
Article History
Received: 10 June 2020
Accepted: 12 November 2020
First Online: 27 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Ethics Review Board of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine Ethics Committee (reference: B2017–168-01) and all the participants provided written informed consent. For some participants recognized as having cognitive impairment and/or severe illness, we obtained proxy consent from a family member or another supportive adult on their behalf.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.