Arjmand, Reza https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4990-6586
Hoseinpour, Bahareh Ghavami https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8216-9349
Amani, Mohammadreza https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5549-3347
Article History
Received: 31 December 2025
Accepted: 29 May 2026
First Online: 6 June 2026
Declarations
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: This article is derived from the research thesis (No. EDC-0216) by Mr. Mohammadreza Amani, with all rights reserved by Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. The study protocol was officially approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (Ethics Code: IR.AJUMS.REC.1402.630). All procedures were conducted in strict accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and the Helsinki Declaration. Informed consent was obtained electronically and in written form from all participants before data collection.
: Informed consent for the publication of the study results in an online open-access format was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. No identifying information (such as names, personal photos, or specific IDs) is included in the manuscript; therefore, the anonymity of participants is fully preserved.
: The authors declare no competing interests.