Assanangkornchai, Sawitri http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2174-3287
Nontarak, Jiraluck
Aekplakorn, Wichai
Chariyalertsak, Suwat
Kessomboon, Pattapong
Taneepanichskul, Surasak
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bureau of Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Public Health (57-054)
Thai Health Promotion Foundation (55-00-1177)
National Health Security Office (-)
Article History
Received: 28 January 2020
Accepted: 16 November 2020
First Online: 23 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The survey was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Institute for the Development of Human Research Protection (IHRP 1946/2556) and the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University (EC 56–472–18-1). All participants provided written consent before completing the questionnaire and the health examination. Data used in this study are all anonymous. Permission for use of the data for this study was granted by the Director of the National Health Examination Survey Office, Health Systems Research Institute (at the time of the survey) and the principal investigator (Professor Wichai Aekplakorn) and the investigator committee of the Fifth National Health Examination Survey.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.