Moradi, Najmeh
Zarei, Leila http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4459-8599
Hajimoladarvish, Narges
Meshkani, Zahra
Zanganeh, Marzieh
Babapour, Jafar
Lankarani, Kamran Bagheri
Article History
Accepted: 22 April 2024
First Online: 18 May 2024
Declarations
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: This work was supported by grants (IR.SUMS.REC.1399.1151) from the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The funder had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
: Najmeh Moradi, Leila Zarei, Narges Hajimoladarvish, Zahra Meshkani, Marzieh Zanganeh, Jafar Babapour, and Kamran Bagheri Lankarani declare they have no competing interests that may be relevant to the contents of this study.
: The protocol for this study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (IR.SUMS.REC.1399.1151).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants. A comprehensive description of the study was introduced to the participants, and they were allowed to decline participation or withdraw at any time thereafter. The participants were assured that their answers would be kept confidential and that their names would not be disclosed during the study and in the final report.
: This article does not contain identifiable participants’ data.
: The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
: Not applicable.
: NM, NH, and LZ participated in the conception and design of the study. NM, LZ , ZM and JB contributed to the acquisition of data. NM and NH performed the analysis and interpretation of data. NM and LZ drafted the manuscript. NM, LZ, NH and KBL revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.