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Received: 19 November 2024

Accepted: 18 November 2025

First Online: 7 December 2025

Competing interests

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Ankara University (Ankara, Türkiye). The research was reviewed and approved as Non-Clinical Research Conducted on Humans during the committee meeting held on February 6, 2023 (Decision No. 9, Meeting No. 3). All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, institutional ethical standards, and relevant national regulations. The approval covered all phases of the study, including data collection through pre- and post-visit evaluation forms, interviews, and participant consent procedures.

: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in this study, including students, teachers, and parents. Consent forms were specifically designed for this project and approved by the same ethics committee prior to data collection. Participation was entirely voluntary, and participants were informed about the study’s purpose, process, and their right to withdraw at any time without consequence. Written informed consent was obtained from all participating children and their parents/guardians prior to each data collection session, between 27 May 2024 and 29 May 2024.