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Article History

Received: 2 August 2023

Accepted: 4 June 2024

First Online: 17 June 2024

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (Ethics code: <i>IR.SUMS.REC.1400.876)</i>. All the participants signed the informed consent. For people under 16 years of age, informed consent was obtained from their parents or legal guardians. We followed all the ethical principles of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki for medical research involving human subjects. Participants were ensured that their data will be processed by Iran’s data protection laws, which ensure their confidentiality.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.