Nassar, Perla
Rached, Reine
Nassar, Petra
Awada, Sanaa
Nasrallah, Inaam
Safa, Layal
Assi, Roula Bou
Hatem, Georges
Article History
Received: 9 April 2026
Accepted: 18 May 2026
First Online: 20 May 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was reviewed and registered on clinicaltrials.gov before data collection and is publicly accessible (reference: NCT06599268). The study received approval from the institutional review board/scientific committee of the Lebanese University (Reference 17/24/D). All procedures were conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.Participants provided written informed consent. They were explicitly informed that their participation was voluntary and that they retained the right to withdraw at any stage of the study, with only the responses recorded up to that point being retained.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.