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Authors
Nishikawa, Mariko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-688X
Yamanaka, Masaaki
Shibanuma, Akira
Kiriya, Junko
Jimba, Masamine
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japanese government (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) KAKEN HI(19K11157))
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Article History
Received: 4 February 2021
Accepted: 15 March 2021
First Online: 21 March 2021
Declarations
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: The Ethics Committee of the University of Human Environments approved this study on 23 February 2020 (Approval Number UHE-2019 N-023). In this study, the Macromill global survey team has approved ethical contents for the U.S.A., U.K. and Australia. Hence, the participants who have already registered, can visit the site from anywhere by invitation letter outlining consent, the purpose and procedures of the study. The participants will give their implicit and anonymous consent by answering our questionnaire. The participants will be able to skip any questions or withdraw their contribution at anytime from our study. This study is not specific to any place, requires no private information, participants are not subjected to medical procedures, or required to follow special rules of behaviours. The Ethics Committee of the University of Human Environments waived the need for informed consent because this study is non-sensitive in content.Trial Registration: Trials UMIN-CTR (University Hospital Medical Information Network Center Clinical Trials Registry), UMIN000042483 (Japanese health and safety information for overseas visitors: a randomized controlled trial), November 17, 2020.
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: All authors declare they have no competing interests.
