de Sousa, Elys Costa
de Moura Lemos, Telma Maria Araújo
Leite, Fabiola Gouveia
Pinto, Vanessa Carla Monteiro
Ceylan, Halil İbrahim
Valentina, Stefanica
Muntean, Raul Ioan
de Almeida-Neto, Paulo Francisco
da Costa, Roberto Fernandes
Funding for this research was provided by:
PhD scholarship funded by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (N°. 88887.273798/2026-00.)
Article History
Received: 20 April 2026
Accepted: 11 August 2026
First Online: 27 August 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethical approval: The study received approval from the Research Ethics Committee of Onofre Lopes Hospital (HUOL) of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) under CAAE number #12586119.2.0000.5292 (Date: 10/04/2022).
Informed consent: All study participants provided informed consent by signing the Informed Consent Form.