Bakhshi, Hamed http://orcid.org/0009-0008-7865-0149
Shariati, Mohammad Javad http://orcid.org/0009-0000-5518-698X
Basirinezhad, Mohammad Hasan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3672-556X
Ebrahimi, Hossein http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5731-7103
Article History
Received: 5 August 2023
Accepted: 18 April 2024
First Online: 16 May 2024
Declarations
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: In order to observe ethical considerations, after explaining the study objectives and method to nurses and patients, written informed consent was obtained from them. It should be noted that the principles of the Helsinki Declaration, including the right to enter the research freely, no harm or loss to participants, maintaining the right to withdraw from the study, and confidentiality of information, were observed in this study. Besides, the researchers committed themselves to adhering to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) set out for the publication of the results. This cross-sectional study was approved by the ethics committee of Shahroud University of Medical Sciences with the registration number: IR.SHMU.REC.1401.140.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.