Ting, Chuo Yew
Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, Shahren
Hassali, Mohamed Azmi
Ting, Hiram
Lim, Chien Joo
Ting, Rachel Sing-Kiat
Abd Jabar, Abu Hassan Alshaari
Osman, Nor Anizah
Shuib, Izzul Syazwan
Loo, Shing Chyi
Sim, Sui Theng
Lim, Su Ee
Morisky, Donald E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sarawak Research Society
Article History
Received: 31 January 2018
Accepted: 13 April 2018
First Online: 5 June 2018
Change Date: 10 May 2019
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: After publication of the original article [1], the authors have notified us that there are changes to the primary outcome of the study, instrument, subject’s inclusion criteria, the funding and acknowledgements. These changes were made during the recruitment of participants and after approved by the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), National Institutes of Health Malaysia, on 16th November 2018.
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All data are restricted to the principal investigator and solely used for research purposes. The study will be conducted in compliance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and Malaysian Good Clinical Practice Guideline. Written informed consent from all participants will be obtained when they agree to participate in this study. This trial is registered with the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), National Institutes of Health Malaysia, prior to the actual study with approval number (12)KKM/NIHSEC/P17-854. The trial is registered with ExternalRef removed following approval from the MREC with trial registration number NCT03228706.
: Morisky receives an honorarium for the use of the MMAS-8 and was not involved in the data analysis. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests. The principal investigator will take the responsibility for reporting any competing interest that emerges during the study.
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