Jalil, Halimah
Chong, Mei-Chan
Jalaludin, Muhammad Yazid
Wong, Li Ping
Liu, Yanjia
Article History
Received: 5 March 2025
Accepted: 11 March 2026
First Online: 18 May 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the International Review Board (IRB) of the National Medical Research Registry of Health Malaysia (Approval No: NMRR-14-1598-12168), granted by the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC) on 13 March 2015, in accordance with the 2013 Helsinki Declaration. Permissions were obtained from the directors of the state health department and district health offices. Written and oral informed consent were acquired from all participants before data collection.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing financial or personal interests that could have influenced the research presented.