Koura, Ghada Mohamed
Kandakurti, Praveen Kumar
Elshiwi, Ahmed Mohamed
El Melhat, Ahmed M.
Mohabozaid, Samar
Ibrahim, Dalia Nabil Mohamed
Al Salim, Zuhair
ALMohiza, Mohammad A.
Hegab, Eman Ahmed Abdelkhaliq
Hassan, Samar Hassan Ahmed
Reddy, Ravi Shankar
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP2/62/47.)
Article History
Received: 12 April 2026
Accepted: 7 August 2026
First Online: 17 August 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of King Khalid University (Approval number: KKU-165-2025-31; approval date: 15 November 2024). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants and from the parents or legal guardians of participants under 18 years of age prior to study participation.