Köse, Ali https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8583-8982
Arayici, Mehmet Emin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0492-5129
Simsek, Hatice https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7209-485X
Article History
Received: 8 March 2025
Accepted: 23 May 2025
First Online: 31 May 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine Non-Interventional Research Ethics Committee, with decision number 2025/05–09 on 12/02/2025. This study is based on anonymized data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Informed consent was obtained from all participants before the study by TUIK. The use of TUIK data complies with ethical guidelines and institutional regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.