Guiang-Valerio, Adrienne Katrin M.
Collante, Ma. Theresa M.
Bernal, Christine B.
Article History
Received: 18 December 2025
Accepted: 19 February 2026
First Online: 24 February 2026
Declarations
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: The study was submitted to the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital (USTH-REC) and was given approval with protocol reference number REC-2024-10-142-TF-FR-AP. This study was done in compliance with the ethical principles set by the World Medical Association (WMA) in the Declaration of Helsinki (2013), the WHO Operational Guidelines, the National Ethical Guidelines for Research Involving Human Participants 2022 (NEGRHIP 2022) and the ICH - Good Clinical Practice.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.