Al-Sabah, Reem
Al-Taiar, Abdullah
Ziyab, Ali H.
Akhtar, Saeed
Hammoud, Majeda S.
Article History
Received: 17 December 2023
Accepted: 26 March 2024
First Online: 15 April 2024
Declarations
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: This study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the ethics committee at the Ministry of Health, Kuwait (Ref: project 173/2014; date: February 14th, 2017) and the Institutional Review Board at Old Dominion University Ref: 1517949). Written informed consent was taken from each study participant before recruitment.
: All authors have read and approved the manuscript for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.