Vásquez-Caballero, Diego Andrés https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5773-3550
Talero-Sarmiento, Leonardo H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4129-9163
Suárez-Flórez, Ruth Natalia https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9016-6146
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sistema General de Regalías de Colombia (BPIN2020000100755)
Cooperative University of Colombia
Article History
Received: 29 January 2025
Accepted: 16 December 2025
First Online: 11 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: This research followed Colombia’s Ministry of Health, Resolution No. 8430 of 1993 and CIOMS guidelines, under which was classified as a no risk study. Participants received no financial incentive, their involvement was purely voluntary, and with the option to withdraw without justification. Trained assistants communicated all study-related information and provided the main researcher's contact details for further inquiries. The Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia's Bioethics Committee approved our research protocol as stated in record 008 of October 29, 2020.