Yu, Jingze
Zhu, Anning
Liu, Miaoxin
Dong, Jiyuan
Tian, Tian
Liu, Tong
Zhang, Ke
Zhang, Xiaowen
Ruan, Ye
Funding for this research was provided by:
Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Program Project (20YF3FA027)
Article History
Received: 31 October 2023
Accepted: 8 August 2024
First Online: 9 September 2024
Declarations
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: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) at School of Public Health, Lanzhou University has waived the ethics approval and the informed consent for the study. The study adhered to the guidelines and regulations outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. This exemption is due to the fact that the data used in the study was provided by government agencies and consented for use in this research. The data did not involve any direct or indirect identification of hospital patients’ personal information. And, the waiver of informed consent has been reviewed and approved by the research ethics committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.