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Article History

Received: 4 July 2023

Accepted: 8 November 2024

First Online: 12 November 2024

Declarations

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: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of An-Najah National University and the local health authorities approved all aspects of the study procedure. Before the beginning of the study, the interviewer provided each participant with an explanation of the study's aim. The interviewer also received verbal informed consent from all patients who agreed to participate in this study. We confirm that the gathered data were only used for clinical research and that the provided information will be confidential and be used only for this research. Because we did not collect any identifying information during the interviews and our study did not pose a major risk to participants, the IRB of An-Najah National University approved only verbal informed consent from the study participants. Furthermore, we confirm that all the experiments and methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.

: All interview participants were approached for consent to publish anonymous quotes from their interviews.

: The authors declare no competing interests.