Taghados, Zahra
Azimifar, Zohreh
Monsefi, Malihezaman
Jahromi, Mojgan Akbarzadeh
Article History
Received: 13 February 2024
Accepted: 12 March 2025
First Online: 3 April 2025
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) under the approval code IR.SUMS.REC.1403.096. The research was conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki to uphold ethical standards in human research. The Ethics Committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences determined that obtaining informed consent was not required, as the study did not involve any personally identifiable information or direct interaction with participants. If required, we can provide a PDF file of the approval document.
: This study does not include any identifiable patient data or images requiring consent for publication. Therefore, this section is not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.