Tello, Betzabé
Hernández, Herminio
Dueñas-Espín, Iván
Tejera, Eduardo
Article History
Received: 29 May 2024
Accepted: 24 April 2025
First Online: 2 May 2025
Declarations
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: The research protocol was approved by the Institutional Research Ethics Committee (CIEI-Human) of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Certificate 093-05-17 dated February 17, 2017) and by the Ethics Committee for Research in Human Subjects of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (Letter CEISH-736-2019 dated April 30, 2019). Informed consent was obtained from all participants before enrollment under the Declaration of Helsinki. Measures were taken to ensure participant confidentiality and privacy throughout the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.