Wong, Fiona Y.
Yang, Lin
Yuen, John W. M.
Chang, Katherine K. P.
Wong, Frances K. Y.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Central Funding of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dean’s Reserve of Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
Article History
Received: 7 December 2017
Accepted: 8 August 2018
First Online: 12 September 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study protocol was approved by the Human Subjects Ethics Sub-committee (HSESC) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Reference Nos: HSEARS20150121008–01).A verbal informed consent was obtained from each of the participants. The answered questionnaire and the signing for receiving the token of appreciation were also the implied consent to participate and provide data. The above arrangement was approved by the HSESC of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Names of the participants, first four digits of their Hong Kong identity cards, and dates providing verbal consent and receiving the token of appreciation were recorded.
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