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Article History
Received: 11 June 2025
Revised: 14 September 2025
Accepted: 21 September 2025
First Online: 23 December 2025
ETHICS APPROVAL AND CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE
: This study was conducted in full accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. Before participation, all individuals were thoroughly informed about the purpose, procedures, and voluntary nature of the study. Informed consent was obtained from all participants, with the assurance that their identities would remain strictly confidential. To protect their anonymity, participants were assigned pseudonyms, and any potentially identifying information was excluded from the final dataset and publication.Participants were explicitly informed that their involvement was entirely voluntary, that they could withdraw at any time without penalty, and that their responses would be used solely for research purposes. Ethical safeguards were implemented throughout the research process to ensure respect for participants’ autonomy, dignity, and privacy.
: The authors of this work declare that they have no conflicts of interest.