Kurtuluş, Nurşen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3613-6519
Ünal, Aysun https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7702-8437
Altunan, Bengü https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6034-8808
Dilek, Filiz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0245-0713
Gündoğdu, Aslı Aksoy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6898-0469
Topçu, Birol https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0771-2505
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tekirdag Namık Kemal University
Article History
Received: 12 May 2025
Accepted: 28 November 2025
First Online: 7 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by Clinical Research Ethics Committee with reference number 2016/112/11/03, and informed consent forms were obtained from all participants.
: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Faculty of Medicine (decision number: 2016/112/11/03). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: AI-assisted technology was used in the writing process only to improve the readability and language of the article.