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Mortazavi, Sara
Delbari, Ahmad
Vahedi, Mohsen
Fadayevatan, Reza
Moodi, Mitra http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8877-6609
Fakhrzadeh, Hossein
Khorashadizadeh, Masoumeh http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4637-7597
Sobhani, Ameneh
Payab, Moloud http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9311-8395
Ebrahimpur, Mahbube http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0103-4427
Ejtahed, Hanieh-Sadat http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6395-4915
Sharifi, Farshad
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Article History
Received: 29 July 2023
Accepted: 8 November 2023
First Online: 20 November 2023
Declarations
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: The BLAS obtained ethical approval from the Ethics Committee of Birjand University of Medical Sciences (Ethical Code: IR.BUMS.REC.1397.54) and the Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Ethical Code: IR.TUMS.EMRI.REC.1396.00158). Moreover, this study received approval from the ethical committee of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences (Ethical Code: IR.USWR.REC.1398.090). All procedures adhered to the scientific principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. In cases with cognitive problems (abbreviated mental test score < 7), informed consent was obtained from one of the close relatives or formal representatives of the participants. In the case of illiterate participants, we asked their trusted people to read the informed consent to them and put their fingerprints if they agreed.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
