Song, Wenjun
Shari, Nurul Izzah
Abdullah, Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin
Hussin, Hasmah Binti
Zhang, Ruiling
Mansor, Nor Shuhada
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universiti Sains Malaysia through the Top-down Research University Grant Scheme (1001/CIPPT/8070033)
Article History
Received: 6 November 2025
Accepted: 2 March 2026
First Online: 5 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) (Approval Code: USM/JEPeM/22080569) and conducted by the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki (1964) and its subsequent amendments. All participants provided informed consent to participate in the study.
: All participants enrolled in the RCT provided written informed consent for their personal and clinical data to be used for research purposes and for the resulting manuscript to be published. No identifying information that could compromise participant anonymity is included in this article.
: The authors declare no competing interests.