Cankaya, Seyda
Safa, Shair Shah https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0378-1766
Karakus, Ayse
Savcili, Mehmet
Hanoglu, Lutfu
Mardinoglu, Adil
Cetin, Fatma Ece
Kumral, Emre
Yulug, Burak https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9704-6173
Article History
Received: 6 July 2025
Revised: 12 September 2025
Accepted: 10 October 2025
First Online: 21 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interest.
: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Ege University and written informed consent forms were obtained from participants after thoroughly informing them about the study protocol (Ethical Number: EUEC2013/45). Also, this study registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (Treatment Outcomes of Depression; identifier: NCT04776226). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. All methods were carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant institutional and national guidelines and regulations.
: All participants signed consent forms and agreed to participate in this research.