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Article History

Received: 25 November 2024

Accepted: 6 March 2025

First Online: 11 March 2025

Declarations

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: The Ethics Committee of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (IR.MUMS.REC.1402.302) has reviewed and approved this study. All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee, as well as the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. All participants received oral and written information about the study. All participants gave their written informed consent to participate. Participants were also free to withdraw during the interview at any moment during the process. Lastly, confidentiality and privacy were observed in the study. The names of the respondents were not mentioned, and audio recordings are kept on a password-protected computer.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.