Salmani, Mahyar
Rastegari-Pouyani, Mohsen
Afshar, Saeid
Talebi-Ghane, Elaheh
Eftekharian, Mohammad Mahdi
Article History
Received: 8 November 2025
Accepted: 16 March 2026
First Online: 25 April 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted following the ethical principles established by the institutional and/or national research committee (INRC) as well as the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its subsequent amendments. The Ethical Committee of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences approved the research protocol (IR.UMSHA.REC.1402.625). The procedures were executed in line with the applicable guidelines and regulations. All participants were provided informed consent prior to their involvement.