Alshaikh, Belal N. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6080-6888
Hassan, Ossama
Alburaki, Wissam
Dharel, Dinesh
Elsharkawy, Adel
Singal, Nalini
Yusuf, Kamran https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5270-5326
Awad, Essa Al
Article History
Received: 24 October 2024
Revised: 5 January 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2025
First Online: 2 February 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethics approval was obtained from the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board (CHREB) of the university of Calgary (REB18-0772). Informed consent was obtained for all participants from their legal guardians prior to their inclusion in the study.