Eng, Jie Yi https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5469-6220
Ooi, Po Lin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2170-603X
Zafirah, Mariam https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0736-0917
Danaee, Mahmoud https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5014-5684
Saad, Marniza https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1511-6690
Mohamad Razif, Muhammad Fazril https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3951-8136
Taib, Nor Aishah https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8419-0478
Lam, Chee Loong https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7643-3230
Chik, Zamri https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1770-8382
Fung, Shin-Yee https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9288-7328
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tabung Penyelidikan Mahmood Merican Research Grant 2019 (PV014-2019)
Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP007-2023-KP)
Article History
Received: 10 January 2025
Accepted: 12 May 2025
First Online: 31 May 2025
Declarations
:
: This study was approved by the UMMC Medical Research Ethics Committee (MREC ID NO: 20181221-6941; Approved: March 14, 2019), registered with the Malaysian National Medical Research Register (Trial registration: NMRR-18-3372-44836; Approved: March 14, 2019) and retrospectively registered with the International Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Registry (ITMCTR), a WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (Trial Registration: ITMCTR2025000237; Approved: February 9, 2025). Informed consent was obtained from each study participant, and all procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki [], the Malaysian Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice (4th Edition), and in adherence to the CONSORT 2010 Guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.