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Received: 5 February 2025

Accepted: 28 March 2025

First Online: 22 April 2025

Declarations

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: The study adhered to the ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects as stated in the World Medical Association's Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was granted by the Standing Committee for Coordination of Health and Medical Research, MOH and the Health Science Centre (HSC) Ethics Committee for Student Research, Kuwait University (Ref. No. 324, December 17, 2017). In the absence of standalone ethics committees in hospitals, the aforementioned committee is the sole ethics committee that approves and oversees any student research conducted in healthcare institutions. We confirm that all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations of the Standing Committee for Coordination of Health and Medical Research in Kuwait. Participating hospitals provided permission for the study to take place and participant identities were kept confidential and coded to ensure anonymity. Participant identifiers were removed prior to data analysis and all reported data were kept anonymous. All participants provided voluntary informed consent after receiving an explanation of the study’s value, benefits and risks, and after their questions were satisfactorily answered. Verbalisation of informed consent was approved by the Standing Committee for Coordination of Health and Medical Research, MOH and the Health Science Centre (HSC) Ethics Committee for Student Research, Kuwait University.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.