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Abdulateef, Darya S. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6516-8611
Salih, Tara R. https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9731-6956
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Received: 14 April 2026
Accepted: 31 July 2026
First Online: 4 August 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The proposal was approved by the internal review board (IRB), College of Medicine Ethics Committee (no. 309) at the University of Sulaimani, Iraq. Written informed consent was obtained, and the confidentiality and anonymity of participants’ physiological data and responses were protected. Every effort was made to maintain ethical principles throughout the study carefully and to follow the Declaration of Helsinki.
Declaration of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the manuscript preparation process: During the preparation of this work, the authors used artificial intelligence to language edit and paraphrase some paragraphs, especially in the discussion section. After using this tool/service, the authors reviewed and edited the content as needed and took full responsibility for the content of the published article.
