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Article History

Received: 2 January 2026

Accepted: 25 March 2026

First Online: 2 April 2026

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University Scientific Research Ethics Committee (Decision No: 64; Date: 25 February 2021), the Ağrı Training and Research Hospital Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Approval Date: 08 March 2021), the Ağrı Provincial Health Directorate (Research Permission Date: 09 April 2021), and the Hospital Research Authorization Unit (Approval Date: 21 April 2021).Permission to use and standardize the Progressive Relaxation Exercises instructional video was obtained from the Turkish Psychologists Association (12 July 2021).The trial was prospectively registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (Identifier: NCT07301073) .All study procedures were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrolment.

: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest related to this research, authorship, or publication of this manuscript.

: During the preparation of this manuscript, ChatGPT was used to assist with language editing and structural refinement. All content was critically reviewed, verified, and approved by the authors, who take full responsibility for the integrity and originality of the work.