Ueno, Keiko
Nishioka, Daisuke
Kino, Shiho
Kondo, Naoki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (22K21081, 17K19793)
JST RISTEX (JPMJRX21K6)
Article History
Received: 22 May 2024
Accepted: 30 March 2025
First Online: 16 April 2025
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine of Kyoto University Ethics Committee (approval no. R3565) following the Declaration of Helsinki Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects. The Ethics Committee of the Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine of Kyoto University allowed us to perform the quantitative phase of the study without informed consent from the participants due to the anonymized data provided by the Hamagin Research Institute. Written informed consent was obtained from all interviewees in the qualitative phase. Interviewees joined the interviews voluntarily and were allowed to withdraw anytime.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.