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Received: 23 July 2024

Accepted: 26 February 2025

First Online: 21 March 2025

Declarations

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: The study design was approved by the Research Ethics Committees of Kerman University of Medical Sciences (Approval ID: IR.KMU.REC.1402.182). The study only focused on the experts’ professional views, not including sensitive personal data. The participants were informed before filling out the questionnaire both in writing and verbally on the following topics: the purpose of the project and why they were asked to participate, that their participation was voluntary and could be ended at any time without having to state any reason, that when the results were made publicly available it would not be possible to identify individuals, that no unauthorized persons would be able to access the questionnaire data. The participants were given time to ask questions and were then asked to provide informed consent concerning their participation before any data collection. We confirm that no experiments were conducted on humans or human tissue samples, and all data used in this study were collected in accordance with the relevant ethical guidelines and regulations.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.