Malek Hosseini, Azam
Abdi, Sina
Abdi, Siavash
Rahmanian, Vahid
Sharifi, Nader
Article History
Received: 9 January 2024
Accepted: 2 September 2024
First Online: 12 September 2024
Declarations
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: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Human Research Ethics Committee at the Khomeini University of Medical Sciences (Code IR.KHOMEIN.REC.1400.014). All study participants provided written informed consent. For illiterate subjects, informed consent to participate was obtained from their literate legal guardian. All participants in this study were over 18 years of age. Confidentiality and anonymity were ensured. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were by the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration.
: All participants provided written informed consent.