Zomorodi, Abolfazl Rafati https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8457-4057
Askari, Sepideh https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8552-1157
Aflakian, Fatemeh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6686-1108
Bahrami, Maryam https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7675-7904
Farshi, Zahra Gholizadeh https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5843-4066
Mahmoodi, Abbas https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5515-1721
Azhdari, Sara https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9958-711X
Motamedifar, Mohammad https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4993-4034
Article History
Received: 22 June 2026
Accepted: 18 August 2026
First Online: 29 August 2026
Declarations
Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences approved this study under the code number IR.SUMS.MED.REC.1404.599. The research presented in this manuscript is based on previously published work and does not involve any human participants.
Consent to participant: This study is a systematic review and meta-analysis based exclusively on data from previously published studies and did not involve direct participation of human subjects.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interest: The authors declare no competing interests.