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Article History

Received: 3 January 2025

Accepted: 19 November 2025

First Online: 16 December 2025

Competing interests

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: The present study was approved by the Bioethics Committee of the University of Almeria (REF: UALBIO2024/007) on 12 July 2024. In addition, all procedures performed in the studies with human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its subsequent amendments or comparable ethical standards.

: Informed consent was obtained in paper format from all participants prior to the start of the survey in September 2024. Participants were required to review and accept the consent form. The consent form described the purpose of the study, the use of the data collected (i.e., solely for scientific research and publication purposes, without retaining personally identifiable information), the confidentiality of private information, the rights of participants (including the right to withdraw at any time without penalty), and the absence of potential risks from this survey. Participants indicated their consent by selecting the ‘I agree’ option on the questionnaire cover page, which gave them access to the formal survey.