Pekyürek Varan, Melike https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3529-4865
Yaprak, Gökhan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8521-8073
Gündüz, Kübra https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0824-2357
Yetmen Doğan, Özlem https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2733-0427
Eren, Makbule https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8056-580X
Şahin, Mervenur https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5378-3322
Coşkunpınar, Ender M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1003-5544
Funding for this research was provided by:
Scientific Research Project Unit of the University of Health Sciences (2022/222)
Article History
Received: 25 May 2025
Accepted: 19 September 2025
First Online: 23 October 2025
Declarations
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: M. Pekyürek Varan, G. Yaprak, K. Gündüz, Ö. Yetmen Doğan, M. Eren, M. Şahin, and E.M. Coşkunpınar declare that they have no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments and with the approval of the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar City Hospital dated 26.08.2022 and numbered 2022/514/232/20. Informed consent was obtained from all patients.