Pereira, Anabela Fonseca http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8588-0814
Escola, Joaquim José Jacinto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6928
Almeida, Carlos Manuel Torres http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2795-685X
Rodrigues, Vítor Manuel Costa Pereira http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4497-4267
Funding for this research was provided by:
Foundation for Science and Technology (UID04045/2020, UID04045/2020, UID04045/2020, UID04045/2020)
Article History
Received: 1 June 2023
Accepted: 14 August 2023
First Online: 25 August 2023
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Review Board (or Ethics Committee) of Northern Regional Health Administration (authorization No. 124/2018), Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro Hospital Center, EPE (authorization No. 256/2018), and Northern Local Health Unit, EPE (authorization No. 00316/2018), from the second semester of 2018. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.