Choi, Eun Young
Pyo, Jeehee
Ock, Minsu
Lee, Haeyoung
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation of Korea (2018R1C1B6005186)
Article History
Received: 10 January 2024
Accepted: 22 August 2024
First Online: 27 September 2024
<!--Emphasis Type='Bold' removed-->Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Ulsan University Hospital (No. 2018-07-003), and verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants. The need for written consent was waived by the IRB in accordance with Article 16 of the Bioethics and Safety Act. This waiver was granted due to concerns that obtaining written consent could potentially disclose participants’ identities and incident-related information, which might discourage their participation in the program. Furthermore, give that participants provided verbal consent and participated in the program, the IRB deemed the risk to participants from waving written consent to be minimal.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.