Park, Yukyung
Kim, Deog Kyeom
Kim, Woo Jin
Han, Seon Sook
Heo, Yeon Jeong
Moon, Da Hye
Kwon, Oh Beom
Lee, Myung Goo
Hong, Ji Young
Lee, Jung-Kyu
Heo, Eun Young
Lee, Hyun Woo
Hwang, Yu Seong
Kim, Su Kyoung
Lee, Chang Youl
Jo, Heui Sug
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (RS-2021-KH120369; RS-2025-02304587)
Article History
Received: 12 March 2026
Accepted: 8 June 2026
First Online: 15 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the institutional review boards of Kangwon National University Hospital (IRB No. KNUH-B-2022-08-003-003), Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital (IRB No. CHUNCHEON-2022-07-002-001), and Seoul National University Boramae Medical Centre (IRB No. 20-2023-91). This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects. This study was registered with the Clinical Research Information Service (CRIS; ) under the clinical trial number KCT0007937, and the registration date was November 24, 2022. This study was reported in accordance with the CONSORT guidelines, and a completed CONSORT checklist has been submitted as an Supplementary File 3.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.