Wang, Xian-zhu
Xue, Kai-yang
Chen, Ping-nan
Xiao, Cai-hong
Cui, Jin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0106-2620
Fu, Jing
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key Research and Development Project of China (2019YFC1708403)
Article History
Received: 26 August 2021
Accepted: 4 May 2022
First Online: 28 May 2022
Declarations
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: The protocol (protocol version 2.0, 29 September 2020) was approved by the ethics committee of No.1 Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (reference K2020-039). The study will be conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. All study patients will sign the written informed on the sent form prior to participation. Participation in the study is completely voluntary. Patients will be able to withdraw at any time. The decision to participate or withdraw will not affect their existing treatment or service received. Caregivers who are found to have significant depressive symptoms or other mental health problems will be referred to appropriate health services for follow-up. All personal information collected will be kept strictly confidential and used for research purposes only. Research team members will be responsible for safekeeping the confidential data. Only the PI and designated research staff will have access to the final trial dataset. The model consent form is provided in Additional file InternalRef removed.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.