Aljaede, Rula A. M. https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7143-8486
Beshir, Semira Abdi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4990-4783
Jaber, Ammar Ali Saleh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0411-1923
Elkalmi, Ramadan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6659-5049
Ali, Eiman Shamseldin Al Gailani https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3237-7147
Khedr, Amany Hamed Mahmoud https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4530-0562
ALHamed, Dujana https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4660-4848
Meera, Jainamboo
AlDeesi, Zulfa
Article History
Received: 6 October 2025
Accepted: 2 March 2026
First Online: 13 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Dubai Pharmacy College Research Ethics Committee (REC/PG/2021/15), the Institutional Review Board of Gulf Medical University (IRB/EXTERNAL/66/SEP-2021), and the Dubai Scientific Research Ethics Committee (DSREC-SR-08/2021_03). Owing to its retrospective design, the requirement for informed consent was waived. All patient data were treated confidentially, with access restricted to researchers.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.