Marzban, Maryam
Jamshidi, Ali
Khorrami, Zahra
Hall, Marlous
Batty, Jonathan A
Farhadi, Akram http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4333-4126
Mahmudpour, Mehdi
Gholizade, Mohamad
Nabipour, Iraj
Larijani, Bagher
Afrashteh, Sima http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4276-2084
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
Article History
Received: 18 July 2023
Accepted: 26 February 2024
First Online: 11 March 2024
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in full accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval for this study was granted by the Ethics Committee of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences (IR.BPUMS.REC.1402.062). All study participants provided informed consent to participate in this study, after learning about the procedures involved. Participation was entirely voluntary; any participant was able to withdraw their consent at any time, without consequence.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.