Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (CEECINST/00127/2018/CP1501/CT0015)
Article History
Received: 14 August 2024
Accepted: 11 September 2025
First Online: 3 November 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest; The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: This research was approved by the Ethics Committee of Polytechnic University of Coimbra, Portugal (100_CEIPC/2022); The study was conducted in accordance with the World Medical Association’s Helsinki Declaration for Human Studies; Written informed consent was obtained from participants beforehand.