Taşyürek, Efe Yılmaz https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4049-9566
Altun, Şaban Murat https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1388-9191
Uncu, Ata Emir https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8318-1686
Tunca, Sefa https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1468-2252
Omurca, Sevinç İlhan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1214-9235
Pehlivanoğlu, Meltem Kurt https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7581-9390
Alagöz, Aybala Neslihan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4498-4817
Kalkan, Oğulcan https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5102-7063
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Kocaeli
Article History
Received: 8 October 2025
Accepted: 14 February 2026
First Online: 13 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Ethical Committee for Non-Invasive Clinical Research at Kocaeli University (Decision No: KÜ GOKAEK-2024/13.09). The study was carried out according to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from all participants, and no procedures involving intervention or invasion of patient privacy were performed.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest. All authors have reviewed and approved the submitted version of the manuscript.