Sarmast, Kimia
Rahmani, Mahdieh
Rostami, Reza
Kazemi, Reza
Hashemian, Farshad
Article History
Received: 11 April 2026
Accepted: 2 June 2026
First Online: 20 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University (Approval code: IR.IAU.TMU.REC.1401.328). All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their inclusion in the study.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.