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Eladrosy, Mahytab Moustafa Tolba
Khedr, Mohamed Salah https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6207-936X
Saleh, Omar Mohamed https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7467-9210
Omar, Hanan Hassan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5889-3791
Sultan, Basma Osman https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0604-9644
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Suez Canal University
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Article History
Received: 14 July 2024
Accepted: 3 December 2025
First Online: 24 December 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved at 25/10/2021 by the local Medical Ethics Committees of the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt (Approval number: 4670). The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Verbal and written informed consents were obtained from all individual participants included in the study before the interview.
: Not applicable.
: Data was collected and coded, then analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program version 22.0.0.0. Data was presented as tables and graphs as appropriate. Continuous variables were expressed as mean and standard deviation, while categorical variables were expressed as numbers (N) and percentages (%). Comparisons were performed using the T-test (for quantitative data) and chi-squared-test (χ2), or Fisher’s Exact test was used (for qualitative data). One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for parametric variables, and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used for non-parametric variables.
: We declare the use of Grammarly as a tool for language editing and improving readability.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
