Afrashteh, Sima
Amini, Hajar
Rostampanahi, Aso
Adham, Davoud
Ghobadi, Hassan
Farokhi, Roya
Abbasi-Ghahramanloo, Abbas
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ardabil University of Medical Sciences
Article History
Received: 8 September 2025
Accepted: 2 February 2026
First Online: 14 February 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences (IR.ARUMS.REC.1402.118). Permission to conduct the study was obtained from this committee and all participants had signed an informed consent form. In this study all procedures were performed in accordance with declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants or, where applicable, their parents/legal guardians (for participants under the age of 18).
: Not applicable.