Mendes, Cláudia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7873-5558
Carvalho, Manuel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3939-5065
Amado, Ana https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3489-6151
Bravo, Jorge https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9009-5693
Martins, Sandra https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7217-6273
Raimundo, Armando https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9753-8381
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UID/04923/2025)
Article History
Received: 22 September 2025
Revised: 13 November 2025
Accepted: 25 November 2025
First Online: 5 December 2025
Declarations
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: The procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standard for institutional research previously approved by both the University and Hospital Ethics Committees (HESE_CE_1917/21).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.