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Article History

Received: 11 January 2022

Accepted: 22 August 2022

First Online: 5 September 2022

Declarations

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: The institutional review board and ethics committee of Kerman University of Medical Sciences (KMU) approved this study. The ethic approval code is “IR.KMU.REC.1399.090”. All authors confirmed that all parts of the study were carried out in accordance with Declaration of Helsinki guidelines and regulations. The surveys were anonymous. The interviewers explained the purpose and method of the study to all interviewees and obtained the oral informed consent on the phone. The institutional review board and ethic committee approved the oral informed consent on the phone due to restrict COVID-19 rules and regulations for social isolation and the necessity of no internet-based approach to include more diverse population regardless of access to the internet-based social media or communication tools. Address: Deputy for research affairs, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Haft Bagh-e-Alavi Highway, Kerman, 7616911320, Iran. Tell: + 983432263815.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.