Zhong, Chenwen
Zhou, Mengping
Luo, Zhuojun
Liang, Cuiying
Li, Lina
Kuang, Li http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2330-4205
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (71673311)
Article History
Received: 18 October 2020
Accepted: 26 April 2021
First Online: 28 May 2021
Declarations
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: We obtained written informed consent from all GPs and oral informed consent from all patients. In this study, the direct observation of GP consultation was conducted under natural conditions, therefore patients included in this study were not contacted prior to the investigation. Due to the large number of patient visits and the short consultation time for each patient, it is not feasible to collect written informed consent from patients one by one. It may cost additional time and pose a substantial burden on the GP consultation. Thus, only oral informed consent was obtained from patients. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, P.R. China. The protocol for this study conforms to the guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.