The Institutional Review Board of the hospital bioethics committee approved this study. Participants were informed of the study’s purpose and methods and their right to withdraw participation at any time up until the study was completed. The participants voluntarily signed a written informed consent form. Their privacy and confidentiality were ensured by referring to them in the manuscript by letters rather than their names.
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