McCrimmon, Tara
Lunchenkov, Nikolay
Metsch, Lisa R.
Jonbekov, Jonbek
Sangova, Farzona
Sirojiddinova, Mastura
Weine, Stevan M.
Philbin, Morgan M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Technische Universität München
Article History
Received: 14 January 2026
Accepted: 15 April 2026
First Online: 21 April 2026
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Participant as stated in the Declaration of Helsinki. This study received ethical/IRB approval from the following: 1) The Institutional Review Board at the University of Illinois at Chicago; 2) The Ethics Board of the Prisma Research Center in Dushanbe; 3) The Institutional Review Board at Columbia University Medical Center. We provided participants with an information sheet about the study and obtained their verbal informed consent before beginning each interview.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.