Rajabpour, Mojtaba Vand
Nemati, Saeed
Seyyedsalehi, Monireh Sadat
Nahvijou, Azin
Abdi, Sepideh
Garousi, Maryam
Omranipour, Ramesh
Abdollahi, Alireza
Aghili, Mahdi
Motlagh, Ali
Javanmad, Shaghayegh Haghjooy
Zendehdel, Kazem
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (42172-51-02-98)
Article History
Received: 17 October 2024
Accepted: 16 September 2025
First Online: 21 October 2025
Declaration
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This research conducted according to” Ethic on Medical Research in IRAN” and Received approval from the Ethics Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (ethics code: IR.TUMS.VCR.REC.1398.1015). The study utilized administrative and clinical data from patient files archived in the medical records departments of participating hospitals. The Research Ethics Committee reviewed the study protocol and waived the requirement for additional informed consent for this research. However, verbal informed consent was obtained from patients via telephone for the collection of follow-up data.