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Article History

Received: 16 March 2024

Accepted: 23 May 2024

First Online: 28 May 2024

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the ethics committee of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (IR.SBMU.PHARMACY.REC.1402.109), and all methods were carried out in accordance with the research ethical codes of Iran National Committee for Ethics in Biomedical Research.The authors guarantee that they have followed the ethical principles stated in the Declaration of Helsinki (to protect the life, health, dignity, integrity, right to self-determination, privacy, and confidentiality of personal information of research subjects) in all stages of the research. This is the online certificate of research ethical code: .This study was registered in the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials () on February 13, 2024, with the IRCT ID: IRCT20210131050189N9.To observe the ethical considerations, hospitals were directed to agree to be part of the study; the research goals and procedures were elucidated to the participants; they were assured of information anonymity and confidentiality; and informed written consent was obtained from each participant and documented it. They participated in the study voluntarily and could leave the study at any stage.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.