Yousefi, Mahmood
Rezaei, Satar
Hajebrahimi, Sakineh
Falsafi, Niloofar
Keshvari-Shad, Fatemeh
Article History
Received: 13 August 2023
Accepted: 29 February 2024
First Online: 6 March 2024
Declarations
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: This research project was approved by the Research Committee of the National Health Insurance Research Center (no: 273967/99). It also received ethical approval from the Ethics Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR.TUMS.MEDICINE.REC.1399.515.). As part of the ethical approval process, informed consent was obtained from all research subjects prior to their participation in this study. The study protocols and informed consent documents were reviewed and approved by the ethics committees to ensure the informed consent process protected the rights and welfare of the research subjects.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.