Abd Rashid, Ainaa Almardhiyah https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5185-4899
Ashari, Lydiatul Shima https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7747-4499
Shafiee, Nor Hamizah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5233-1384
Raja Ali, Raja Affendi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4995-3868
Yeong Yeh, Lee https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6486-7717
Shahril, Mohd Razif https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8680-3087
Jan Mohamed, Hamid Jan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2660-2539
Funding for this research was provided by:
Long-Term Research Grant Scheme (LRGS)-Malaysia Research University Network (203/PPSK/6720021, LRGS/MRUN/FI/02/2018/01, and LR001-2019, 203/PPSK/6720021, LRGS/MRUN/FI/02/2018/01, and LR001-2019, 203/PPSK/6720021, LRGS/MRUN/FI/02/2018/01, and LR001-2019, 203/PPSK/6720021, LRGS/MRUN/FI/02/2018/01, and LR001-2019, 203/PPSK/6720021, LRGS/MRUN/FI/02/2018/01, and LR001-2019, 203/PPSK/6720021, LRGS/MRUN/FI/02/2018/01, and LR001-2019, 203/PPSK/6720021, LRGS/MRUN/FI/02/2018/01, and LR001-2019)
Article History
Received: 29 March 2023
Accepted: 10 July 2023
First Online: 19 July 2023
Declarations
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: All patients gave written informed consent to be included in the study. The study was conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethics approval was granted by the Human Research Ethics Committee of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM/JEPeM/19060354) and the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical and Research Ethics Committee (UKMREC; FF-2020–005).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.