Afrashteh, Sima
Jalalian, Zahrasadat
Daneshi, Nima
Jamshidi, Ali
Batty, Jonathan A.
Mahdavizade, Haniye
Farhadi, Akram https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4333-4126
Malekizadeh, Hasan
Nabipour, Iraj
Larijani, Bagher
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
Article History
Received: 20 March 2024
Accepted: 23 September 2024
First Online: 28 October 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethics approval and consent to participate The Ethics Committee of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences granted ethical permission for this study (Ethical Code: IR.BPUMS.REC.1402.138) in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration and national guidelines for research ethics. Before research enrollment, all participants gave their informed consent after being informed about procedures involved in the study.
: The authors confirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication of their data.
: The participants provided their written informed consent to take part in this study. Participation was entirely optional, and any participant could withdraw consent at any moment with no repercussions.