Darrudi, Alireza
Daroudi, Rajabali
Yunesian, Masud
Akbari Sari, Ali
Funding for this research was provided by:
Iran National Science Foundation (4000775)
Article History
Accepted: 18 July 2022
First Online: 23 August 2022
Declarations
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: This work is based upon research funded by the Iran National Science Foundation under project No. 4000775.
: Alireza Darrudi, Rajabali Daroudi, Masud Yunesian, and Ali Akbari Sari have conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: The Ethics Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR.TUMS.SPH.REC.1400.006) approved this study. Ethical considerations were taken into account during data collection and analysis. The confidentiality of the participants was protected, and no personal information could be identified in any publications arising from the study. Participants were informed that their participation is entirely voluntary.
: Informed consent was obtained from all the respondents included in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The data used in the study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: We used STATA SE software version 13.1 codes for our analyses. The codes are available on the STATA Corp website.
: AD participated in designing the study, gathering data, analyzing and interpreting data, and writing the manuscript. RD participated in designing the study, analyzing and interpreting the data, and writing the manuscript. AAS participated in designing the study, interpreting the data, and writing the manuscript. MY provided advice on the study’s implementation and the data collection. All authors read and approved the final version of the article.