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Authors
Natour Hleihel, Nidaa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7045-5989
Sperling, Daniel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4371-7736
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research (R/285/2021)
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Article History
Received: 19 September 2025
Accepted: 10 December 2025
First Online: 23 December 2025
Declarations
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: This study received approval from the Research Ethics Committee at the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa (Approval #254/22, dated July 17, 2022). as well as from the ethics committees in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki of all participating medical institutions: Hadassah Medical Center (HMO-0105-23, dated March 16, 2023), Galilee Medical Center (0152-22-NHR, dated December 25, 2022), Carmel Medical Center (CMC-0160-22, dated June 8, 2023), Hillel Yaffe Medical Center (0119-22-HYMC, dated November 13, 2022). Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their participation in the study.
: We have used fictitious names in the submitted version to preserve anonymity. The real names of participants are securely maintained by the researchers and are not disclosed. Therefore, no additional consent to publish personally identifying information was required, as such data remain confidential and accessible only to the research team.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
