Ohta, Hiroaki
Hatta, Mariko
Ota, Kuniaki
Yoshikata, Remi
Salvatore, Stefano
Article History
Received: 1 February 2023
Accepted: 16 May 2023
First Online: 24 May 2023
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical guidelines for medical studies of people (Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare). Macromill Carenet Inc. was contracted to conduct the survey in compliance with Japanese laws, guidelines, and other standards concerning the protection of personal information, and the authors of this paper received no personally identifiable information or data obtained during the survey. The study protocol (“A web-based questionnaire survey on genitourinary syndrome of menopause [GSM]”) was submitted to and approved (approval number: 5486–00) as eligible for implementation/continuation by the institutional review board (IRB) of Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan, while having been judged as exempt from IRB review. Informed consent was obtained for publication from all participants prior to study participation.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.