Sit, Regina Wing-Shan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4717-7773
Yip, Benjamin Hon-kei
Choi, Shirley Yue-Kwan
Wong, Martin Chi-sang
Law, Sheung-wai
Lam, Chor Yin
Hunter, David
Wong, Samuel Yeung-Shan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health and Medical Research Fund, the Health Bureau of Hong Kong Government (21220281)
Article History
Received: 8 July 2025
Accepted: 15 January 2026
First Online: 3 February 2026
Declarations
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: The study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki and has been approved by the Joint Chinese University of Hong Kong – New Territories East Cluster Clinical Research Ethics Committee (CREC no.: 2023.530). Written informed consent will be obtained from all participants. All data will be kept confidential and only accessible to delegated research personnel.
: We obtained written consent from all participants for their anonymized data to be published in this research paper. To protect participants’ personal information, participants’ names/identities will not be shown in any reports, publications, or other public information in the future.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.