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Karimi, Mahdi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1225-6287
Hosseini, Seyed Ahmad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9075-4126
Javid, Ahmad Zare https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7119-7582
Bazyar, Hadi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1627-7122
Shayanpour, Shokouh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0499-1465
Heidari, Zeinab https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6799-9862
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Article History
Received: 4 July 2025
Accepted: 8 May 2026
First Online: 2 June 2026
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: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (approval code: IR.AJUMS.REC.1401.483). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and local laws and institutional requirements. All participants provided written informed consent to participate in this study.
: Not applicable, as this manuscript contains no individual person’s data in any form (e.g., individual details, images, or videos). The institutional ethics committee waived the requirement for consent for publication.
: This study was not registered in a clinical trial registry because it is an observational (cross-sectional) study, not a clinical trial. The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the ethics committee as noted above.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
