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Accepted: 20 May 2025

First Online: 1 August 2025

Declarations

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: The Research Ethics Committee of the University of Sistan and Baluchestan (code: IR.USB.REC.1399.013) approved the protocol of this study. In addition, all procedures of this study have been carried out in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration. All participants signed a written informed consent form and gave permission to audio-record the interviews. There was no participant below 16 years or illiterate involved in the study. The participants voluntarily took part in the study following the researchers’ explanations. Confidentiality and protecting the participants’ rights were other significant ethical issues, which were both taken into account in this study. In doing so, following all of the participants’ approval, pseudonyms were used instead of their real names to preserve anonymity. The Research Ethics Committee of the University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran (IR.USB.REC) confirmed that all methods and procedures were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.