García-Batista, Zoilo Emilio
Guerra-Peña, Kiero
Alvarez-Hernandez, Adriana
Cano-Vindel, Antonio
Muñoz-Navarro, Roger
Moretti, Luciana Sofía
Espinal-Martínez, Jairo
Medrano, Leonardo A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fondo Nacional de Innovación y Desarrollo Científico–Tecnológico (2022-3A1-241)
Article History
Received: 15 June 2024
Accepted: 11 May 2026
First Online: 26 May 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Bioethics Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Mother and Teacher Pontifical Catholic University (COBEFACS–PUCMM), Dominican Republic (Approval code: COBE-FACS-EXT-00–1-2022–2023), and by the National Health Bioethics Committee of the Dominican Republic (CONABIOS; Approval code: 021–2023). All procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional committees and the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Participation was voluntary and anonymous, and all participants provided informed consent electronically prior to completing the survey.
: All authors have read and approved the final manuscript for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.