Ashrafi, Elnaz https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4337-6457
Nouri, Mehran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7031-3542
Askarkhah, Afsaneh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1933-6834
Izadi, Bahareh
Safari, Omid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1610-4755
Mansourian, Morteza https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2482-5424
Article History
Received: 2 December 2024
Accepted: 24 August 2025
First Online: 6 September 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Not applicable.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Iran University of Medical Sciences (IR.IUMS.REC.1402.890). All participants read and signed the informed consent form.