Funding for this research was provided by:
University of sharjah (24010901164)
Article History
Received: 24 February 2024
Accepted: 17 August 2025
First Online: 9 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest concerning the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
: The study followed the standards of CONSORT guideline. The trial was approved by the Medical Research Ethics Committee of RMI (Ref. no. RMI-HEC-20–06-05–01, dated:23/08/2022). A written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: This study was retrospectively registered in Open Science Framework (OSF), registration date (26th May 2025), and URL for protocol ().