Fu, Haiyan
Zhu, Jie
Leung, Angela Y. M.
Zhang, Yining
Lin, Jingwen
Li, Yijing
Kang, Yanru
Sun, Runjie
Xu, Xinqi
Hou, Ping
Duan, Pei
Tu, Jiayuan
Xue, Jin
Mao, Xine
Qin, Jingwen
Liu, Yongbing
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Jiangsu Graduate Research and Innovation Program (Grant Number KYCX23_3631)
The Yangzhou Science and Technology Bureau (Grant Number SSF2023000102)
The National Social Science Foundation of China (Grant Number 24BRK008)
Article History
Received: 19 April 2024
Accepted: 8 August 2026
First Online: 11 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The Ethics Committee of Yangzhou University School of Medicine granted approval for this study (approval number: YXYLL-2023-038). During the in-depth interviews, aspects of confidentiality, anonymity, and respect for the privacy of respondents were meticulously observed. A written informed consent was obtained from study participants before starting the interviews with the option to terminate the interview at any stage.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.