Xia, Wanting
Ou, Meijun
Chen, Yongyi
Chen, Furong
Yan, Mengyao
Xiao, Zhirui
Xu, Xianghua
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (2021JJ40327)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82103026)
Article History
Received: 22 November 2023
Accepted: 22 March 2024
First Online: 10 April 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Hunan Cancer Hospital (Scientific Review 2021 [04]) prior to data collection. Before the formal interview, informed consent was obtained from patients and their families, who were explained the study purpose, the length of interview, the voluntary nature of participation in the study, their right to refuse participation, and confidentiality. Participants were entitled to terminate the interview if they felt uncomfortable during the interview. The interview audio was transcribed, encoded, and assigned a unique individual number for management purposes. The results were described using participant numbers to ensure participants’ privacy. The text data was used for this study only.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.