Duarte Martins, Alexandre https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1524-5601
Batalha, Nuno https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8533-7144
Fernandes, Orlando https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7273-8774
Gonçalves, Bruno https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7874-4104
Oliveira, Rafael https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6671-6229
Paulo Brito, Joao https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4357-4269
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (2021.04598.BD)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UI/04045)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UI/04045)
Universidade de Évora
Article History
Received: 4 March 2025
Accepted: 22 April 2025
First Online: 11 May 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study, in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Evora University with clearance number 22030. This clinical trial was registered on clinicaltrial.gov (ID: NCT05586087).
: All participants provided informed consent to participate in the study and authorized the publication of their data.