Kobe, Tom https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8403-4097
Povšič, Katja https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5440-994X
Gašperšič, Rok https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3765-7378
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia (P3-0293)
Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia (P3-0293)
Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia (P3-0293)
Article History
Received: 20 July 2025
Accepted: 7 January 2026
First Online: 27 January 2026
Declarations
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: All procedures involving human participants followed the ethical standards of the 1964 Helsinki declaration and the Code of Medical Ethics of the Medical Association of Slovenia. The study protocol was reviewed by the National Medical Ethics Committee (0120-653/2017/3) of the Republic of Slovenia.
: was obtained from all individual participants included in the study prior to inclusion.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: NCT04782921, registered on March 4th, 2021.