Kataoka, Yaeko http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4093-4946
Imazeki, Mikiko
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Study Support Grant
Article History
Received: 27 October 2016
Accepted: 16 May 2018
First Online: 29 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of St. Luke’s College of Nursing (Approval No.: 11-039). All participants gave written informed consent. Consent forms were signed by the study participants. Refusal to give consent did not influence management of the patient involved.
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