Gholami, Fatemeh
Bahrampour, Niki
Samadi, Mahsa
Rasaei, Niloufar
Yarizadeh, Habib
Naghshi, Sina
Mirzaei, Khadijeh
Article History
Received: 3 March 2022
Accepted: 21 December 2022
First Online: 14 February 2023
Declarations
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: The present study was carried out in accordance to the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. This investigation was also approved by the Ethics Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (with ethics number: R.TUMS.VCR.REC.1395.1593). All of the study participants signed a written consent form related to this study. Each individual was informed completely regarding the study protocol and provided a written and informed consent form before taking part in the study. literate family members of illiterate participants provided informed consent for the study and this method is approved by the Ethics Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.'
: Not applicable.
: The authors in the study declared no conflict of interests.