Fares, Kassandra Said https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0554-0079
Whaibeh, Emile Roger https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-2821
Matta, Elie Edward
Atallah, Habib Bassam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7815-6545
Kaadi, Elie Sleiman https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2344-2226
Zeid, Layal Jamil Abi https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9953-6103
Hammoud, Ibrahim Hussein https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6181-1839
El Hachem, Hady Sakher https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2030-2623
Mrad, Myriam Andraos https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0030-0700
Tayeh, Georges Hani Abi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2799-0222
Article History
Received: 3 September 2025
Accepted: 19 December 2025
First Online: 22 January 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was granted by the Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital’s Ethics Committee (Approval number CEHDF 1683), in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Standards and Operational Guidelines for Ethical Review of Research Involving Human Participants (2001) and the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. A Written informed consent was obtained from all participants of the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.