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Article History

Received: 21 September 2023

Accepted: 30 April 2025

First Online: 6 May 2025

Competing interests

: The author declares no competing interests.

: This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at King Saud University (Approval Number: 23-660; Date of Approval: June 2023). All research procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards and guidelines outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and the ethical regulations applicable to research involving human participants. The approval covered all aspects of the study, including participant recruitment, informed consent, data collection, and data handling. Participants were informed of their rights, and confidentiality and anonymity were strictly maintained throughout the research process.

: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to data collection. Consent was obtained by the primary researcher during the interview scheduling process in July 2023. Participants were informed about the purpose of the study, the voluntary nature of their participation, their right to withdraw at any time without penalty, and the confidentiality of their responses. The consent covered participation in the interviews, use of anonymized data for analysis, and consent for publication of the research findings.