Zhang, Yuqin
Lin, Chengwei
Li, Hongwei
Li, Lei
Zhou, Xueyan
Xiong, Ying
Yan, Jin
Xie, Mengxue
Zhang, Xueli
Zhou, Chengchao
Yang, Lian
Article History
Received: 3 January 2024
Accepted: 25 April 2024
First Online: 8 May 2024
Declarations
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: The current study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Chinese Medicine (Approval no.2023KL-011). All the participants completed informed consent forms before recruitment to the study. For illiterate participants their guardians (usually immediate family members, for example, son, daughter, son and daughter in law etc.) gave written informed consent for participation in the study. The ethics committee had approved the methods of giving consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.