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Article History

Received: 18 May 2024

Accepted: 5 February 2025

First Online: 22 February 2025

Declarations

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: The ethics committee at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences approved the study (ethical code: IR.SUMS.REC.1399.1052). According to the permission of the ethics committee, oral informed consent was duly obtained from all study participants before their involvement. Following a detailed explanation of the study’s objectives and procedures, the researchers emphasized that the completion of the questionnaire and the provision of responses constituted the participants’ express consent to participate in the study. We omitted the participants’ names from the data to protect their privacy. All the participants had the right to ask to delete their information at any time. No individual data was shared with any organization, including RF.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.