Ghorbani, Faezeh
Ranjbar, Hadi
Kamali, Mohammad
Nemati, Zahra
Razavi, Hiva
Babaee, Taher
Article History
Received: 1 August 2025
Accepted: 7 April 2026
First Online: 26 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Iran University of Medical Sciences ethics committee NO.IR.IUMS.REC.1399.428., and written informed consent was obtained from the parents and verbal assent was obtained from the adolescents prior to their participation.
Consent for publication: All authors have consent for publication of the article in BMC Journal.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.