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Article History

Received: 20 July 2023

Accepted: 7 April 2024

First Online: 17 May 2024

Declarations

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: The protocol was approved by the local Ethical Committee (Comitato Etico Regionale– Sezione Area Sud, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli” of Reggio Calabria, N°: 19-2022, from 27/4/2022 onwards). Each participant accepted to participate and was informed about the anonymous nature of data processing. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants or if participants were under 16 years old, from a parent and/or legal guardian. All methods were performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any potential conflict of interest.