Abd Rashid, Ainaa Almardhiyah http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5185-4899
Ashari, Lydiatul Shima http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7747-4499
Shafiee, Nor Hamizah http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5233-1384
Raja Ali, Raja Affendi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4995-3868
Yeong Yeh, Lee http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6486-7717
Shahril, Mohd Razif http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8680-3087
Jan Mohamed, Hamid Jan http://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.