Xu, Yaping
Zhao, Jing
Chen, Yuzhao
Article History
Received: 19 February 2018
Accepted: 17 April 2018
First Online: 24 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the IRB (institutional review board) of China-Japan Friendship Hospital, and the Helsinki Declaration was adhered to. Written informed consent was obtained from each participant before they were interviewed. The participants were informed that the interview would last for 30–50 min and that the entire interview process would be audio-recorded. Participants were assured of the confidentiality of their communication and that they could withdraw from the interview at any time if they so wished, without any repercussions in terms of clinical care (none left the study). The participants’ transcripts were anonymized using numerical coding.
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