Kaplan, Gamze https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4613-1359
Smith, Debbie M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7875-1582
Wan, Ming Wai https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5353-786X
Slevin, Hannah
Burkitt-Wright, Emma
Garg, Shruti https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4472-4583
Funding for this research was provided by:
NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre
The Republic of Türkiye Ministry of National Education
Article History
Received: 3 July 2025
Revised: 24 March 2026
Accepted: 31 March 2026
First Online: 22 April 2026
Competing interests
: We have no conflict of interest to disclose.
: NHS ethical approval was granted by the Northwest Greater Manchester West Research Ethics Committee (REC reference: 21/NW/0346), and informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to participation.