Mustafa, Farah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1081-3756
Ahmad, Waqar https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0474-6558
Gull, Bushra https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0383-3908
Baby, Jasmin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5563-9846
Panicker, Neena G. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7553-9006
Khader, Thanumol Abdul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1338-2568
Baki, Hala Abdul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7071-7387
Rehman, Erum
Salim, Asif M. https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0301-8265
Ahmed, Rubina L. G.
Khansaheb, Hamda H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7129-1138
Habous, Maya
AlDabal, Laila M. J. A.
Jaballah, Soumeya https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6269-9759
Alqassim, Saif S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1726-1587
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi
Rizvi, Tahir A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2572-1678
Funding for this research was provided by:
Al Jalila Foundation (AJF2020006)
ASPIRE Grant (AARE20-344)
ATRC (VRI-20-10)
Article History
Received: 26 February 2025
Accepted: 6 August 2025
First Online: 21 August 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the UAE University (UAEU) Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC approval no: ERH-2020-7219 2020-22) and the Dubai Scientific Research Ethics Committee (DSREC) of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) (DSREC approval nos: DSREC-11/2020_16 and DSREC-11/2021_08). Consent was taken from each subject following DHA and UAEU established procedures.
: All authors read and approved the final manuscript.