Abbas, Lailatulema
Muhamad Nor, Ibtisam
Ismail, Fuad
Palaniappan, Sivakumar
Chong, Guang Yong
Wan Puteh, Sharifa Ezat
Muhamad Jamil, Siti Afiqah
Tumian, Nor Rafeah
Article History
Received: 9 October 2024
Accepted: 6 March 2025
First Online: 14 March 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (FF-2022-099) and the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC) of the Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH) (NMRR ID-22-01438-MW4 (IIR)), and it is in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration (IV adaptation). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.