Study design and location
The study was designed as an interventional trial, and patients were randomly allocated using a simple randomization technique. The intervention followed a parallel assignment model, and the study was conducted in an open-label manner with no masking. The primary objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of the treatment. The research took place at the Maternity and Children Teaching Hospital in Adiwaniyah Province, Iraq. The study procedures adhered to the guidelines outlined in the CONSORT statement, as depicted in Flowchart showing study design based on CONSORT guidelines