Wang, Xiangyu
Chen, Hao
Hou, Ruxia
Yang, Tingting
Liu, Jiajia
Li, Junming
Shi, Xiaotong
Zhao, Bin
Liu, Junyu
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of Shanxi province, China. (2020XM08, 2018104)
China Oral Health Foundation. (A2021-113)
Shanxi Provincial Department of Education (2020L0217)
Article History
Received: 14 February 2023
Accepted: 23 October 2023
First Online: 9 November 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Shanxi Medical University (Approval code 2018013). All the methods were performed according to appropriate guidelines and regulations.Written informed consent for involvement in the study was obtained from all participating adolescents. For minor participants (less than 16 years of age), consent was obtained from the parents or guardians on the behalf of participants under the age of 16 years old after providing a brief explanation about the purpose and objectives of the study.Participants were also informed as there will not any risk as a result of their participation and the confidentiality of the collected information will be kept well.During the data collection, personal identifiers such as name and phone numbers of the participants were not recorded to keep confidentiality rather numbers were assigned for coding purpose.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.