Sayed Ahmed, Hazem A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4922-8706
Taha, Samaa I.
Mohamed, Rehab A.
Moussa, Mahmoud A.
Elfouly, Amira E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Suez Canal University
Article History
Received: 28 January 2025
Accepted: 12 March 2026
First Online: 29 April 2026
Declarations
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: This research is a subset of a broader study, which received ethical approval from the Research Ethics Committee at the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt (Ref No. 4942B, dated 21/6/2022). All participants provided written informed consent before participating in the study. For illiterate participants, the consent form was read aloud, and their verbal consent was obtained. All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions.
: The authors declare no competing interests.