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Accepted: 12 May 2025

First Online: 31 May 2025

Declarations

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: Financial support for this study was provided entirely by the Brazilian Ministry of Health. The funding agreement ensured the authors’ independence in designing the study, interpreting the data, writing, and publishing the report.

: Marisa da Siva Santos is a member of the Euroqol Group. Milene Rangel da Costa and Bráulio dos Santos Júnior have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.

: Data is available upon request.

: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of the National Institute of Cardiology Ethical (number 0356/2011).

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

: All authors contributed to the study's conception and design. Material preparation and data collection were performed by Marisa da Silva Santos and analysis was performed by Milene Rangel da Costa, Bráulio dos Santos Júnior, and Marisa da Silva Santos. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Milene Rangel da Costa, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All the authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

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