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Accepted: 14 October 2024

First Online: 30 October 2024

Declarations

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: Marjan Mokhtare, Maryam Fathi_, Amir M. Sadeghian, Mohammad-Javad Sotoudeheian, and Abolfazl Namazi have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.

: The authors declare that no funds, grants, or other support were received during the preparation of this manuscript.

: This study and all study-related procedures were approved by the medical ethics committee of Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (approval date 2023-06-11; ethics committee reference number: IR.IUMS.FMD.REC.1402.135) and so registered in the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT20141201020178N12).

: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

: Not applicable.

: The data used in this study are accessible upon a reasonable request to the corresponding author.

: Not applicable.

: All authors contributed to the study's conception and design. Marjan Mokhtare, Maryam Fathi, Amir M. Sadeghian, and Mohammad-Javad Sotoudeheian prepared the material and collected and analyzed the data. Marjan Mokhtare and Abolfazl Namazi wrote the first draft of the manuscript, and all authors commented on subsequent versions. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.