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Article History

Received: 20 March 2023

Accepted: 7 June 2023

First Online: 28 June 2023

Declarations

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: Research involving human participants/informed consent: The protocol for this study received approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (certificate number: 36138920.2.0000.5149/#4.446.866). The children/adolescents and their mothers were informed that participation was completely voluntary. If they decided not to participate, this decision would not have any consequences and would not affect the treatment that they were receiving at the hospital. During the research there were no losses. Inclusion and exclusion criteria, and restrictions were described in the methodology. All participants received clarification regarding the objectives of the study and were assured confidentiality of the data collected.

: The children/adolescents and their mothers were informed that participation was completely voluntary. If they decided not to participate, this decision would not have any consequences and would not affect the treatment that they were receiving at the hospital. All participants received clarification regarding the objectives of the study and were assured confidentiality of the data collected. The mothers agreed to participate by signing a statement of informed consent. The children/adolescents also agreed to participate by signing a term of assent. Printed copies were locked in a file. Digital information was maintained on a computer protected with a password. No participants were offered incentives or compensation for participation in any way.

: The manuscript is not being considered for publication by another journal and has not been previously published. All authors made a significant contribution to the manuscript and agree to publish data from this research.

: The authors declare having no conflicts of interest with regard to the authorship or publication of this paper.