Vargas-Costales, José Antonio http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3497-3367
Rosero, Carmen Yolanda de Las Mercedes Vill http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6626-4074
Mazin, Suleimy Cristina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-7295
Candido-dos-Reis, Francisco José http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5758-5917
Nogueira, Antonio Alberto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1376-008X
Rosa-e-Silva, Julio Cesar http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6930-1328
Poli-Neto, Omero Benedicto http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0270-5496
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universidad Central del Ecuador, Ecuador
Article History
Received: 27 January 2024
Accepted: 7 June 2024
First Online: 4 July 2024
Declarations
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: Our manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form (including any individual details, images, or videos). However, all participants were informed and gave their previous consent for the publication of the study.
: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee for Research in Human Beings of the Central University of Ecuador in the section n° 008-CEISH-UCE-2021, under the code 0003-FCM-DOC-2021. All participants and/or their parents or legal representatives gave their written informed consent to participate prior to being enrolled. The human research parameters of the Declaration of Helsinki were followed.
: The authors report there are no competing interests to declare. The authors also declare no conflict of interest. The authors received no financial support for the research and/or authorship.