Article History
Accepted: 22 January 2021
First Online: 5 February 2021
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures in this research were performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Before commencing the study, written approval was obtained from the local ethics committee of the medical school of a university hospital (decision no: 19–5.1 T/54) and from the internal medicine wards of the hospital where the study was conducted. Permission was also obtained from the authors of the scales used in the study.
: Informed consent was obtained from all those who participated in the study.