Yasuoka, Junko https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5120-509X
Takeshita, Yohei
Okada, Shunsuke
Alam, Prodhan MD Rubayet
Shibanuma, Akira
Nanishi, Keiko
Sato, Yoko
Hossain, Md. Zahid
Aman, Musfiqa
Karim, Fahmida
Razia, Sultana
Rezwana, Rifat
Rahman, Md Mahmudur
Jahan Khan, Nusrat
Nakashima, Naoki
Islam, Rafiqul
Kikuchi, Kimiyo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (24K02702)
Article History
Received: 23 June 2025
Accepted: 1 December 2025
First Online: 10 December 2025
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was granted by St. Luke’s International University Research Ethics Committee as a multi-institutional review covering all collaborating universities in Japan, namely Kyushu University, Okayama University, and the University of Tokyo (approval ID: 24-RC135). In addition, ethical approval was obtained from both hospitals implementing the intervention in Bangladesh: HFRC (approval ID: IERB/42/Res/Feb/2025/09/Ex) and TMSS (approval ID: TMSS/TMC/EC/25/800).Informed consent will be obtained from all participants prior to the intervention by healthcare professionals trained for this research. All the participants can withdraw their participation at any time during the study period. The reasons for discontinuing participation will be recorded.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.