Fornasari, Maria Grazia
Midiri, Mauro https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1342-1890
Albano, Giuseppe Davide https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9636-572X
Barberi, Marika Triscari
Malta, Ginevra https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0917-7809
Roccella, Giovanni
Cannella, Roberto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3808-0785
Zerbo, Stefania https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-0864
Argo, Antonina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9964-0184
Lo Re, Giuseppe https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7479-948X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Article History
Received: 17 June 2025
Accepted: 3 October 2025
First Online: 24 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest as there is no financial or personal interest or belief that could affect their objectivity.
: Because summoning the parents was not possible, as it would badly interfere with the grieving process, the parents’ consent was completely waived, according to the Italian Authority of Privacy and Data Protection (“Garante della Privacy”: GDPR nr 679/2016; 9/2016 and recent law addition number 424/19 July 2018; ).
: Our investigations were carried out following the rules of the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975, revised in 2013. The study was conducted in accordance with the Institutional Review Board, and the protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee “Comitato Etico Locale Palermo 1” (N. 11—05.05.2025).