Tan, Kai
Xue, Yaqing
Chen, Huiwen
Zheng, YuTing
Qin, Zuguo
Tian, Zhiqiang
Zhang, Chichen
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Second People's Hospital of Changzhi City Hospital-level Research Projects (CE202401)
the National Nature Science Foundation of China (72274091)
Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2022A1515011591)
Planning Project of Guangdong Philosophy and Social Science (GD23CGL06)
Article History
Received: 26 June 2024
Accepted: 28 June 2025
First Online: 1 August 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted according to the guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki. It obtained ethics approval from Southern Medical University. All participants gave informed consent to participate. The authors followed all measures to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of the participants, including excluding personal identifiers during data collection.
: Verbal consent was witnessed and formally recorded.
: The authors declare no competing interests.