Ergen, Şefika Arzu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7819-2335
Dinçbaş, Fazilet Öner
Metcalfe, Evrim
Gül, Şule Karabulut
Akyürek, Serap
Yavaş, Güler
Özdemir, Beyza Şirin
Yücel, Birsen
Altınok, Ayşe
Atalar, Banu
Altınok, Pelin
Yakar, Melek
Tepetam, Hüseyin
Birgi, Sümerya Duru
Yavaş, Çağdaş
Korcum, Aylin Fidan
Tatlı, Ali Murat
Yumuk, Fulden
Article History
Received: 25 June 2025
Accepted: 7 October 2025
First Online: 24 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: The institutional review board at each participating center approved the study protocol, which was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Furthermore, all patients provided written consent.