Pinto, Ana Carolina https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4648-2905
Ferreira, Helena Beatriz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6978-6166
Barbosa, Samuel https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5364-7340
Sousa, Tiago https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7585-0294
Melo, Tânia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-4034
Santos, Lúcio Lara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0521-5655
Ferreira, Rita https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6872-4051
Moreira-Gonçalves, Daniel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7404-7405
do Rosário Domingues, Maria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5357-3601
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universidade de Aveiro
Article History
Received: 20 February 2026
Accepted: 15 April 2026
First Online: 6 May 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration and its subsequent amendments. Written informed consent for research purposes was obtained from all patients included in this study. This study was approved by IPO-Porto Ethics Committee (CES 145/020).