Taniskidou, Anna-Maria
Voultsos, Polychronis
Tarlatzis, Vasileios
Timotheadou, Eleni
Article History
Received: 6 July 2023
Accepted: 6 February 2024
First Online: 9 February 2024
Declarations
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: Prior to participating in this study, the participants were given adequate information regarding the aim, procedure, nature and confidentiality of the study and assured that the data would be processed in accordance with the ethical approval received for research involving human participants. Subsequently, the participants were asked to provide their informed consent. The authors confirm that informed written consent was obtained from all subjects and/or their legal guardian(s). Only subjects who voluntarily provided informed consent were included in the study. The study and consent procedure were approved by the Ethical and Deontology Committee of the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Reference number: 3.663/2.5.2018) and the Scientific Committee of the “Papageorgiou” Hospital of Thessaloniki (Reference number: 297/14-05-2018). In addition, we confirm that all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. The authors assert that all procedures conducted as part of this work complied with the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and with the guidelines stipulated by the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 (as revised in 2008).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.