Goshen, Dor
Stein, Daniel
Kurman, Jenny
Farbstein, Dan
Enoch-Levy, Adi
Aival-Naveh, Erez
Gur, Eitan
Yoeli, Neta
Bretler, Tali
Koren, Danny
Rothschild-Yakar, Lily
Article History
Received: 4 March 2023
Accepted: 23 June 2023
First Online: 11 July 2023
Declarations
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: Institutional Review Board statement: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethical Committee of Haifa University, Israel (Protocol No:169/16; date 06/17/16), the Internal Review Boards (Helsinki Boards) of Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Israel (Protocol No: 2755; date 01/28/16), and Ziv Medical Center, Zefat, Israel (Protocol No: 1417; date 02/14/16).Informed consent statement: Participants and their parents, in case of minors under the age of 18, from the clinical group and the control group were approached by a PhD student from the research group (DG), receiving an explanation about the study aims and procedure. If they agreed to participate, a meeting was schedule to administer the research protocol. Responding to questionnaires was voluntary and anonymous, and participants could withdraw from the study whenever they wished. All the materials of the study were kept in a secure digital platform with the participant number only, and without any other identifying information.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.