Alidoosti, Yasaman
Mehravar, Fatemeh
Shirzad-Aski, Hesamaddin
Golsha, Roghieh
Article History
Received: 23 May 2024
Accepted: 20 September 2024
First Online: 4 October 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethics and Research Committee of Golestan University of Medical Sciences (IR.GOUMS.REC.1399.144). The guidelines on research involving the use of human subjects (beneficence, non-maleficence, veracity, confidentiality, and voluntarism) were strictly adhered to according to the Helsinki Declaration. Participants did not incur any cost by participating in this study and there was no financial inducement. The informed consent to participate was not obtained from all of the participants in the study. The informed consent of the patients was waived by an Institutional Review Board in ethics committee of the Golestan University of Medical Sciences.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Not applicable.