Ahmadi, Ali http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1588-2136
Shirani, Majid
Khaledifar, Arsalan
Hashemzadeh, Morteza
Solati, Kamal
Kheiri, Soleiman
Sadeghi, Mehraban
Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Abdollah
Shahraki, Hadi Raeisi
Asgharzadeh, Alireza
Salehifard, Ali Zamen
Mousavi, Masoumeh
Zarean, Elaheh
Goujani, Reza
Nazari, Seyed Saeed Hashemi
Poustchi, Hossein
Dugué, Pierre-Antoine
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science Research and Technology (700/12)
shahrekord university of medical sciences (2763 and 1737)
Article History
Received: 12 September 2020
Accepted: 28 November 2021
First Online: 13 December 2021
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and the National Ethical Guidelines in Biomedical Research in Iran. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences (SKUMS) (IR.SKUMS.REC.1394.286) at regional and national scales. All participants provided signed and fingerprinted informed written consent, as per the SKUMS Ethics Committee guidelines. For illiterate participants, the informed consent form was read. After authorization, the consent form was fingerprinted and signed and confirmed by their first-degree family member or legally authorized representatives. The participants can withdraw from the study whenever they wish. Data are stored in an anonymized and protected confidential database.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.