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Article History

Received: 7 November 2023

Accepted: 5 April 2024

First Online: 11 April 2024

Declarations

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: This cross-sectional study was approved by our Local Ethical Committee (Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Scientific Institute of Lissone, Monza Brianza, Italy) on the 05/04/2016 (committee’s reference number: no. 7/16), and conducted in accordance with ethical and humane principles of research of the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent, written and verbal, was obtained from all participants. Before inclusion, all participants signed a written informed consent that detailed the study’s aims, attendance modalities in the trial, and that asked for permission to use their clinical and socio-demographic data for the purpose of the present research.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.