Albuloshi, Thurayya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4609-3623
Kamel, Ahmed M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3791-5998
Alsaber, Ahmad R. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-0404
Alawadhi, Balqees https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4950-0930
Pan, Jiazhu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7346-2052
Abd-El-Gawad, Wafaa Mostafa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7790-6917
Bouhaimed, Manal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7722-2646
Spencer, Jeremy P.E. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-7274
Article History
Received: 24 April 2024
Accepted: 24 March 2025
First Online: 14 April 2025
Declarations
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: Written and verbal informed consent was obtained from all the participants. The research protocol was reviewed and approved by the Kuwait Ministry of Health Standing Committee for the Co-ordination of Medical Research (approval protocol no.: 2019/1016) and the University of Reading Ethics Committee for Clinical Research (approval protocol no.: URCE 19/47), in compliance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.