Hashemiparast, Mina
Abbasian, Mehdi
Allahverdipour, Hamid
Matlabi, Hossein
Havaei, Naser
Bagherzadeh, Behnam
Funding for this research was provided by:
Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (70916)
Article History
Received: 20 February 2026
Accepted: 5 August 2026
First Online: 20 August 2026
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Ethics approval and consent to participate: Recruitment commenced after ethical permission for the study was granted by the ethics committee of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (IR.TBZMED.REC.1401.951). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants, and the right to withdraw at any stage of the research was respected. All procedures were carried out in compliance with the ethical rules and regulations of the Helsinki Declaration.
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Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.