Yuine, Hiroshi
Mutsuzaki, Hirotaka
Takeuchi, Ryoko
Yoshii, Yuichi
Shimizu, Yukiyo
Yasuda, Taku
Hotta, Kazushi
Shiraishi, Hideki
Tachibana, Kaori
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP20K19314)
IPUHS Grant-in-Aid for Project Research (2470-2, 2470-2, 2470-2, 2470-2, 2470-2, 2470-2)
Article History
Received: 1 May 2025
Accepted: 25 September 2025
First Online: 5 December 2025
Declarations
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: This cross-sectional pilot study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences (e306). The study protocol was entered into the UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN000043343) before participant enrollment began. The nature of the study and the data to be collected were explained in writing and verbally to all participants in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and informed consent was obtained from them via a consent form.
: The authors explained privacy protections for publication in advance from all participants involved in the study, and written consent for publication was obtained from them.
: The authors declare no competing interests.