Bashirinia, Somaye
Motamed, Niloofar
Bahreini, Masoud
Ravanipour, Maryam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3421-4512
Article History
Received: 22 August 2025
Accepted: 24 December 2025
First Online: 2 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the ethics committee (code: IR.BPUMS.REC. 1401.078) of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran; and registered in the Iranian Clinical Trial Registration System (IRCT20130422013092N11). Informed consent was obtained from all the participants involved in the study or their legal guardians. The authors do not have any conflict of interest to declare.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.