Chang, Hao-Ming
Chang, Chih-Chen
Lin, Pei-Ying
Lee, Yi-Chen
Huang, Hsien-Hao
Yen, David Hung-Tsang
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Veterans Affairs Council, R.O.C.
Veterans General Hospitals and University System of Taiwan Joint Research Program
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Article History
Received: 27 April 2022
Accepted: 11 July 2023
First Online: 14 August 2023
Declarations
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: The study protocol underwent comprehensive evaluation and obtained the necessary endorsement from the Ethics Committee of Taipei Veterans General Hospital, being assigned the approval number 2022-06-001CC. All procedures carried out within studies involving human participants were conducted in strict adherence to the ethical principles set forth by the institutional research committee, as well as in compliance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent revisions. As this observational study entailed no direct patient involvement and was deemed to pose minimal risk to human subjects, the requirement for informed consent was deemed unnecessary and was therefore waived by the Ethics Committee of Taipei Veterans General Hospital.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.