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Received: 7 January 2026

Accepted: 6 April 2026

First Online: 13 April 2026

Declarations

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: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this manuscript. No financial, personal, or professional relationships exist that could influence the work reported in this paper.

: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and and received approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee of the School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (No. Α2412/2016).

: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

: All participants provided informed consent for publication of the data.

: All authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work and take full responsibility for the integrity and accuracy of the data and analyses presented. All authors affirm that the manuscript is an original work and is being submitted for consideration in Rheumatology International .

: The authors declare that this manuscript is original and has not been copied, posted, or published elsewhere, in whole or in part. The work has not been submitted to or is not under consideration by any other journal. All content presented in this report is the authors’ own and complies with the publication ethics and guidelines of Rheumatology International .

: The authors declare that no artificial intelligence (AI) tools were used in the design of the study, data collection, data analysis, or interpretation of the results. AI tools were used only for language editing and improvement of readability, and all content has been carefully reviewed and approved by the authors, who take full responsibility for the integrity and accuracy of the work.