Sargolzaei, Mohammad Sadegh http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4251-9199
Kohestani, Daniyal http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9174-6662
Khoubbin Khoshnazar, Tahereh Alsadat http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7872-1025
Asl, Hossein Asghari http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3432-1860
Funding for this research was provided by:
Iran University of Medical Sciences (18613)
Article History
Accepted: 6 December 2023
First Online: 19 December 2023
Declarations
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: The ethical principles of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards were followed. The study obtained the approval of the ethics committee of Iran University of Medical Sciences (IR.IUMS.REC.1399.1047). After receiving a letter of introduction from the university, the researcher referred to the clinic and arranged the necessary coordination with IDAA authorities
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. The participants were provided with necessary explanations about the research process. Also, they were assured about the fact that their participation in the study was voluntary and their data would remain confidential.
: There are no conflicts of interest by any of the authors of this study. All authors have participated in (a) conception and design, or analysis and interpretation of the data; (b) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and (c) approval of the final version. This manuscript has not been submitted to, nor is under review at, another journal or other publishing venue. The authors have no affiliation with any organization with a direct or indirect financial interest in the subject matter discussed in the manuscript.