Nazari-Ostad, Zahra
Namazinia, Mohammad
Hajiabadi, Fatemeh
Aghebati, Nahid
Esmaily, Habibollah
Peivandi Yazdi, Arash
Article History
Received: 7 October 2023
Accepted: 25 December 2023
First Online: 9 January 2024
Declarations
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: The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committees of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran (no. ir.mums.rec.1395.477), and registered in the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials with the code IRCT20161229031654N2. An official permission was obtained from hospital administrators to conduct the study. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects. Anonymity and confidentiality were assured through coding the data. Participants were assured that their participation was voluntary and they could withdraw from the study at any time without any penalty. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations, which are aligned with the Declaration.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest in the publication of this article.