Yepes Zuluaga, Sara María
Montes Granada, Willer Ferney
Castillo Landazuri, Yurani
Arango Toro, Julian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano (P24205)
Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano (P24205)
Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano (P24205)
Article History
Received: 24 June 2025
Accepted: 11 May 2026
First Online: 23 May 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The research project P24205 was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, Office: 804 on May 15, 2024. All procedures in this study were in accordance with the institutional research guidelines and the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained in writing from all participants (dates: 9 August to 26 October, 2024). During the consent process, participants were informed about the purpose of the study, the procedures for data collection, use, and protection, and their right to voluntarily participate or withdraw at any time without penalty. It was also emphasized that their anonymity would be safeguarded and maintained in any resulting publications. All participants were adults capable of providing informed consent, and no vulnerable populations were included in the study.