Baranipour, Jafar
Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad Reza https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5036-5978
Sharifzadeh, Gholam Reza https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4812-0223
Poodineh Moghadam, Mahdieh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6245-7749
Article History
Received: 4 August 2025
Accepted: 26 November 2025
First Online: 14 January 2026
Declarations
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: In all stages of the research, all ethical considerations were observed. The present study was conducted after obtaining approval from the Ethics Committee of Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Iran, with the code IR.BUMS.REC.1403.354 and providing the necessary explanations regarding the research objectives by the researcher, and obtaining written informed consent from participants. All procedures followed the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The article does not include any personal details of participants, and as such, obtaining consent for publication is not required.
: The authors declare no competing interests.