Sarıtaş, Hasan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7558-8812
Özkan, Meral https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3930-3490
Funding for this research was provided by:
Inonu University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit
Article History
Received: 16 September 2025
Accepted: 1 September 2026
First Online: 11 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This randomized controlled trial was approved by the Malatya Clinical Research Ethics Committee (İnönü University Turgut Özal Medical Center, Malatya, Türkiye) on 29 January 2021 (Decision No: 2021/52). All procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments (WMA Declaration of Helsinki: ). The study was retrospectively registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (Identifier: NCT06997237; first submitted on 14 May 2025 and first posted on 30 May 2025). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to inclusion in the study.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.