García-Álvarez, Santiago
Ramírez-Pérez, Héctor X.
López-Fernández, Andrée Marie
Article History
Received: 6 December 2024
Accepted: 30 May 2025
First Online: 14 June 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Internal Review Board of the Universidad Panamericana (reference UP-CI-2024-01-MX-EMP, dated on February 24, 2024), confirming that all research was performed in accordance with relevant guidelines/regulations applicable when human participants are involved such as the privacy, sensible information, confidentiality, and emotional concerns from participants; while humans participated in the study, no personal or identifiable information and/or data was requested to conduct and/or publish the study. The scope of the approval after reviewing the protocol, which included methodology, data treatment, and confidentiality, the researchers received the authorization to use the results for publication in scientific journals.
: Participants were fully aware of the objectives of the study and the use of the collected information, which was only for academic purposes; the objectives were provided in writing before they decided to submit their responses via email using Google forms. Data was collected during April and July 2004. Participants were anonymous and were informed in writing that the information and data they contributed, as per their perceptions, would be kept confidential throughout the study as well as publication, furthermore, participants were informed that the confidentiality of their information was protected by the Mexican law and they were invited to visit a link to the webpage with the explanation.