Alwardat, Dima Mashhoor
Saddik, Basema
Sreedharan, Jayadevan
Article History
Received: 15 August 2025
Accepted: 27 November 2025
First Online: 12 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Gulf Medical University (Ref. no. IRB/COM/STD/77/DEC-2022) and the Research Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Health and Prevention, UAE (Approval No. MOHAP/DXB-REC/F.M.A/No.26/2023). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their inclusion in the study.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.