Hushmandi, Kiavash
Shahmirzalou, Parviz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1525-5191
Ramazani, Yousef
Raesi, Rasoul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5998-5209
Ardaneh, Mahdieh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2259-1705
Askarpour, Hedyeh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0047-1702
Daneshi, Salman https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9199-0382
Article History
Received: 6 March 2025
Accepted: 21 August 2025
First Online: 15 September 2025
Declarations
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: Data for this study were collected from the integrated system of the Ministry of Health (SIB) of Iran; therefore, informed consent was not required from patients. The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Jiroft University of Medical Sciences (JUMS) approved this study, and the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee of JUMS issued an ethical code for this research (IR.JMU.REC.1400.070). All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committees, as well as the 1975 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.