Arikan, Bilgen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7194-6010
Sardagi, Emine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2042-679X
Erdem, Cigdem https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1058-0294
Article History
Received: 1 October 2024
Accepted: 9 July 2025
First Online: 17 July 2025
Declarations
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: This study takes into account the relevant provisions of the “Personal Data Protection Law” published in the Official Gazette dated 07.04.2016 and numbered 29677 in Türkiye. In accordance with clauses B and C of Section 28 of the relevant law, the data has been used solely for scientific purposes. In this context, the data analyzed on social media has been anonymized so that users’ identities cannot be linked to a specific or identifiable real person. No personal information have been included in the study. In addition, approval from the Ethics Committee was sought from Uşak University Non-Interventional Clinical Research Ethics Committee, and necessary permissions were granted as per the committee’s decision on October 12, 2023, under the reference number 205-205-07. This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration, “Facebook Terms and Conditions” and “Facebook Community Standards.” Before data collection, Facebook “Terms of Service”, “Privacy Policy” and “Community Standards” were reviewed. Since data were not collected directly from individuals, no informed consent forms were required. Data was collected from public group pages on Facebook. The names of the groups included in the study have also been removed from the study in accordance with the above-mentioned law.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.