Dolatkhah, Neda https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1358-1003
Jafari, Alireza https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6257-6994
Eslamian, Fariba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6313-9275
Toopchizadeh, Vahideh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8177-1127
Saleh, Parviz https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6179-2935
Hashemian, Maryam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9702-9752
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (62858)
Article History
Received: 14 December 2023
Accepted: 8 May 2024
First Online: 18 May 2024
Declarations
:
: All authors declare that they have no competing interests regarding the research conducted and reported in this article.
: All participants were provided written informed consent and endorsement has been acknowledged by the Ethics Committee of the Research Vice-Chancellor of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (IR.TBZMED.REC.1398.506). Patients’ data were conserved in a secured database to keep patients’ security. The study was also registered on the Iranian clinical trial website (: IRCT20161022030424N4).
: Not applicable.