Sciriha, Gabriella Guo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6024-0346
Borg, Josef https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2853-0540
Sultana, Janet https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9622-169X
Borg, Joseph https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2220-5651
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Dean’s Grant, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta. (6/2017)
University of Malta
Article History
Received: 15 November 2024
Accepted: 3 July 2025
First Online: 15 July 2025
Declarations
:
: All authors declare no conflict of interest.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical guidelines of the declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Faculty and University Research Ethics Committee (University of Malta, Ref No: 11/2017).