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References Author contributions Conception and design of the research, acquisition of data and critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content: Sampaio RF, Gomes IC, Sternick EB; Analysis and interpretation of the data: Gomes IC; Writing of the manuscript: Sampaio RF, Sternick EB. Potential Conflict of Interest No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. Sources of Funding There were no external funding sources for this study. Study Association This article is part of the thesis of master submitted by Rogerio Ferreira Sampaio, from Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Saúde da Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais. Ethics approval and consent to participate This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hospital Universitário São José/FELUMA under the protocol number CAAE=35481114.0.0000.5134. All the procedures in this study were in accordance with the 1975 Helsinki Declaration, updated in 2013. 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