Okamoto, Reiko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6032-171X
Izumi, Hisako
Hirano, Michiyo
Iwamoto, Saori
Koide, Keiko
Article History
Received: 24 March 2025
Accepted: 28 August 2025
First Online: 22 October 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted with the approval of the Ethics Committee for Observational Study, Osaka University Hospital (Approval No. 23484(T3–2) dated 18 April 2024). All the procedures were followed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. As informed consent, we confirmed all expert panel/participants gave consent to participation in the survey by ticking the appropriate box in the questionnaire form and returning it. All authors have read and approved the submission of the manuscript.
: In the document on ethical considerations, we clearly stated that we would anonymize the data and protect personal information in the analysis and publication of the data, and obtained consent from the research participants. All authors have agreed for the publication of the manuscript.
: There are no companies with which all authors have a COI relationship that should be disclosed in relation to the contents of this paper. All authors have declared no conflicts of interest associated with this research.