Watanabe, Tomofumi
Sagara, Atsunobu
Abe, Tomoya
Kudoh, Hiroshi
Yoshikawa, Satoshi
Ishimura, Atsushi
Terakado, Hiroyuki
Article History
Received: 26 October 2025
Accepted: 6 January 2026
First Online: 14 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects in Japan. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee for Human Subjects at Hoshi University (Approval No.: 2025-08; Date of approval: June 26, 2025). Participation in the survey was entirely voluntary, and informed consent was implied by completing and submitting the questionnaire. Respondents were explicitly informed that collected data would be anonymized to protect their privacy and would not be used for any purposes other than statistical analysis.
: The authors declare no competing interests.