Hasani, Wan Shakira Rodzlan
Musa, Kamarul Imran
Omar, Mohd Azahadi
Hanis, Tengku Muhammad
Kueh, Yee Cheng
Ganapathy, Shubash Shander
Yusoff, Muhammad Fadhli Mohd
Ahmad, Noor Ani
Article History
Received: 2 October 2023
Accepted: 16 September 2024
First Online: 8 October 2024
Declarations
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: The study protocol and approvals for the use of NHMS data and the linkage with mortality files were obtained from the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC) of the Ministry of Health Malaysia and registered with the National Medical Research Register (NMRR ID-22-00231-MOX). Additionally, this study received approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee of Universiti Sains Malaysia (ID: USM/JEPeM/22030181). It’s important to note that all data were anonymized before use in this study. As the data utilized in this study was originally collected during NHMS surveys where informed consent had been obtained from participants for each individual survey, the requirement for informed consent was waived by both the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC) of the Ministry of Health Malaysia and the Human Research Ethics Committee of Universiti Sains Malaysia for the purpose of this secondary data analysis.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.