Kim, Bokyoung
Noh, Gie Ok
Kim, Kyunghee
Article History
Received: 29 October 2020
Accepted: 18 February 2021
First Online: 5 March 2021
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) Department of Chung-Ang University Hospital (approval No.: C20160791822) for ethical protection of the participants and for accessing their medical records, including the electronic medical records of the respective patients. The institutional review board waived the requirement of written informed consents from patients and their caregivers since the data were historical and had already been collected for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The institution also determined that this study was eligible for an exempt status based on the exempt application stating that private data, such as those of patient hospital number, and family caregivers’ contacts, will not be recorded.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.