Shah, Syed Dil Bagh Ali
Ahmed, Farooq
Sethi, Ahsan
Kashif, Lubna
Hamid, Syed Muhammad
Article History
Received: 29 July 2025
Accepted: 29 May 2026
First Online: 18 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Ethical Review Board of Khyber Medical College/Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan, no. 619/DME/KMC dated December 30, 2020.All participants signed an informed consent form prior to participating in the study.
Consent for publication: All the authors hereby declare that all participants involved in this research provided a written informed consent. Moreover, the authors affirm that all the practices and procedures in this work followed the Ethical standards of the Research and Ethical Review Board policies and comply with the Declaration of Helsinki. The authors hereby consent to publish all the materials related to this study.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.