Al Shamsi, Bushra https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1725
Al Momen, Momen
Al Kindy, Farah
Al-Kalbani, Sami
Al-Futaisi, Amna
Al-Awadi, Maha
Al Abri, Yasir https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0840-2429
Al-Thihli, Khalid https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7518-4615
Article History
Received: 6 September 2025
Revised: 25 January 2026
Accepted: 7 April 2026
First Online: 29 April 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the Medical Research Ethics Committee at Sultan Qaboos University (MREC# 3203).