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Authors
Tatishvili, Nana Nino
Katsarava, Zaza
Shatirishvili, Teona
Kipiani, Tamar
Giuashvili, Tinatin
Lomsianidze, Mariam
Kotetishvili, Aleksandre
Kvernadze, Anano
Tugushi, Irakli
Maghlakelidze, Salome
Nemsadze, Vera
Bedoshvili, Ana
Bitskinashvili, Tamar
Sakvarelidze, Giorgi
Uludüz, Derya
Şaşmaz, Tayyar
Erdal, Deniz
Husøy, Andreas Kattem
Steiner, Timothy J
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Article History
Received: 16 May 2026
Accepted: 3 July 2026
First Online: 31 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The protocol was approved in 2019 by David Tvildiani Medical University Ethics Committee (N6, 4.12.2019). Data collection was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but completed in 2022/2023 under this approval. Because of the long delay, approval was re-affirmed in 2024 (N4, 23.02.2024). Necessary permissions were obtained from the Georgian Ministry of Education, and from academic and administrative authorities of each school. Consents were obtained from school principals and class teachers, and from all participating pupils. The ethics committee agreed that prior parental consent was not additionally required [ ].
Consent for publication: N/A.
Competing interests: AKH and TJS are Directors and Trustees of Lifting The Burden . AKH is a member of the Editorial Board and TJS is associate editor of The Journal of Headache and Pain. Otherwise, no author declares a conflict of interest.
