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Authors
Mazloumi, Shayan
Karimi, Keyvan
Azizpour, Yosra
Ehsani-Chimeh, Elham
Akbarpour, Samaneh
Gharajeh, Anis
Shafaati, Maryam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7401-2237
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Received: 8 May 2026
Accepted: 9 September 2026
First Online: 11 September 2026
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Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethical approval: The primary study was approved by the Research Ethics Committees of the School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Approval No. IR.TUMS.MEDICINE.REC.1400.599). Verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to the interview. The present study is a secondary analysis of data from the primary study and was approved by the Research Ethics Committees of the Endocrine & Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Approval No. IR.TUMS.EMRI.REC.1404.092). All procedures involving human participants were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations, including the Declaration of Helsinki, with verbal informed consent obtained from all participants prior to the interview.
