Ghorbani, Mahin
Stephen Joseph, Gerard Benedict
Mei Mei, Tew
Ramly, Siti Salwa
Muhamad Rasat, Muhammad Arif
Croft, Lawrence
Parimannan, Sivachandran
Rajandas, Heera
Lee, Su Yin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7057-6553
Funding for this research was provided by:
FRGS (FRGS/1/2018/SKK06/ AIMST/03/2).)
Article History
Received: 7 November 2023
Accepted: 6 October 2024
First Online: 14 October 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the AIMST University Human Ethics Committee and the National Medical Research Register (NMRR), Ministry of Health, Malaysia (Research ID: 45540, Ref ID: KKM/NIHSEC/P19-446(13). The research was carried out in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration between December 2019 and December 2020 at Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim, Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia and Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. All participants read a written description of the study objectives prior to the study and provided written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.