About the Authors

Ming-Shun Wu

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Kee-Hsin Chen

Affiliations Department of Nursing, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Cochrane Taiwan, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

I-Fan Chen

Affiliation Institute of Management of Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Shihping Kevin Huang

Affiliation Institute of Management of Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Pei-Chuan Tzeng

Affiliation Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Mei-Ling Yeh

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan

Fei-Peng Lee

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Otolaryngology, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Jaung-Geng Lin

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine-Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chiehfeng Chen

chiehfeng@sina.com

Affiliations School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Cochrane Taiwan, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSW KHC CC. Performed the experiments: KHC MLY CC. Analyzed the data: MSW IFC SKH PCT CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FPL JGL CC. Wrote the paper: MSW CC.