Ozeki, Chihiro
Maeda, Eri
Hiraike, Osamu
Nomura, Kyoko
Osuga, Yutaka
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants (H29-Josei-Ippan-001, H29-Josei-Ippan-001, H29-Josei-Ippan-001)
Article History
Received: 17 November 2023
Accepted: 1 April 2024
First Online: 15 April 2024
Declarations
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: The ethics committee at Akita University Graduate School of Medicine approved the study protocol (no. 2353, approved on December 20, 2019). All methods were conducted in accordance with “Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research Involving Human Subjects (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan).”Only those who agreed that participation was voluntary and that participants could withdraw from the survey at any time participated in this survey. The need for informed consent was waived by the ethics committee at Akita University Graduate School of Medicine according to the above-mentioned national guideline (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan). Collection of online data complied with the “Code of Conduct of Marketing Research” and “Requirements for Compliance Program on Personal Information Protection (JIS Q 15001)” of the Japan Marketing Research Association.This study was registered on December 25, 2019, with UMIN Clinical Trials Registry number 000038917.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.