Barzegari, Saeed https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0393-1436
ArabKermani, Zahra https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0768-7231
Mahmoudvand, Zahra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5526-4068
Arpaci, Ibrahim https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6513-4569
Shabani, Fatemeh https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8440-5630
Najafi, Amir Hossein https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5536-6255
Funding for this research was provided by:
Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (IR.MAZUMS.REC.1403.20366)
Article History
Received: 25 April 2025
Accepted: 26 August 2025
First Online: 15 September 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the ethics committee of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (Ethics code: IR.MAZUMS.REC.1403.158). All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to data collection.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.