Bustos-González, Liliana
Ilieva-Stefanova, Zhenet
Sánchez-Marco, María
Flores-Pradillas, Aleix
Orts-Cortés, María Isabel
Ortiz-Mallasén, Víctor
Antolí-Forner, Aloma
Valero-Chillerón, María Jesús
González-Chordá, Víctor Manuel
Bettancourt-Ortega, Lorena
González-Nahuelquín, Cibeles
Giménez-Estrada, Eva
Melo-Severino, Andrea
Llagostera-Reverter, Irene
Article History
Received: 16 March 2026
Accepted: 13 August 2026
First Online: 3 September 2026
Declarations
<b>Ethics approval and consent to participate</b>: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the relevant institutional ethics committees of the participating universities: the Bioethics Committee for Research of the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad de Valparaíso (original approval: Act No. 20/2024; Addendum Nº 05/2026, issued to incorporate additional researchers into the Chilean research team and not involving any modification to the study protocol or data collection procedures), the Research Ethics Committee for Human Subjects of the Universitat Jaume I (CEISH/29/2024), and the Research Ethics Committee of the Universidad de Alicante (UA-2024-02-23_1). All participants provided informed consent prior to participation, and participation was voluntary.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.