Mansourkhani, Zeinab Alipour https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8898-1580
Jowshan, Mohammad-Reza https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8603-5674
Roustaei, Narges https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5753-2142
Malekzadeh, Jan Mohammad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4566-6653
Harooni, Javad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7129-1015
Funding for this research was provided by:
Yasuj University of Medical Sciences
Article History
Received: 8 November 2025
Accepted: 27 February 2026
First Online: 14 March 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All methods and procedures conducted in this study adhered to the guidelines set forth by the Declaration of Helsinki. At the beginning of the study, the study objectives were explained in detail to all potential participants. Written informed consent was obtained from all the ethics committee participants before enrollment. The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of YUMS (ethics code: IR.YUMS.REC.1402.190).