Othman, Karwan Ismael https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8373-7555
Balaky, Salah Tofik Jalal
Article History
Received: 11 November 2024
Accepted: 2 June 2025
First Online: 29 September 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee, College of Health Sciences, Hawler Medical University (Code: ERB 1461/Sept. 2021).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.