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Aghaei, Mina
Gheisavandi, Omid
Carpenter, Brian D.
Vahabi, Zahra
Sharifi, Farshad
Etesam, Farnaz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4083-4216
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Article History
Received: 20 January 2026
Accepted: 9 July 2026
First Online: 22 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was approved by the ethics committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR.TUMS.MEDICINE.REC.1401.202). All procedures involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the Declaration of Helsinki.Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their inclusion in the study. Participants were assured of the confidentiality and anonymity of their responses.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
