Mercurio, Laura
Di Francesco, Valentina
Sergio, Simone
Morelli, Martina
Scarponi, Claudia
Madonna, Stefania
Pallotta, Sabatino
Mancini, Mara https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5173-4854
Cappello, Angela https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0893-445X
Candi, Eleonora https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8332-4825
Albanesi, Cristina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7537-6833
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (RC 2023 IDI-IRCCS)
Ministero della Salute (RC 2024 IDI-IRCCS)
Ministero della Salute (RF-2019-12368888)
Ministero della Salute (RF2019-12368888)
Ministero della Salute (PNRR-M4C2-I 1.3)
Regione Lazio (A0375-2020-36568 UTV-IDI)
Regione Lazio (A0375-2020-36568 UTV-IDI)
Article History
Received: 18 December 2025
Revised: 31 March 2026
Accepted: 27 April 2026
First Online: 8 May 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and its amendments. It was approved by the ethics committee of IDI-IRCCS (Rome, Italy). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.