Abdulla Alabbasi, Ahmed M.
Alansari, Ahmed Mohamed
Deifalla, Abdelhalim
Runco, Mark A.
Sequeira, Reginald P.
Alotaibi, Ghazi A.
AlSaleh, Aseel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Arabian Gulf University (G02-AGU-5-22)
Arabian Gulf University (G02-AGU-5-22)
Arabian Gulf University (G02-AGU-5-22)
Arabian Gulf University (G02-AGU-5-22)
Arabian Gulf University (G02-AGU-5-22)
Arabian Gulf University (G02-AGU-5-22)
Arabian Gulf University (G02-AGU-5-22)
Article History
Received: 3 October 2025
Accepted: 16 February 2026
First Online: 27 February 2026
Declarations
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: This research was approved by the Ethical Committee at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences (#E23-PI-5-22). Online informed consent was obtained from the study participants. All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments.
: Not applicable. No identifying images or personal clinical details of participants are included in this manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.