Sazak, Yasemin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9296-0719
Olgun, Nermin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8704-4588
Article History
Received: 24 February 2025
Accepted: 19 May 2025
First Online: 22 May 2025
Declarations
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: Before starting the study, ethical approval was obtained from Hasan Kalyoncu University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Non-Interventional Research Ethics Committee (Ethics approval code: 2021/079). Participation in the study was voluntary. Accordingly, the patients were informed about the study and verbal, and written informed consent was obtained from the patients who agreed to participate in the study. Institutional permission was obtained from the institution where the study was conducted. Before starting the study, ClinicalTrials.gov was recorded (NCT05029557, Registration Date: August 26, 2021, ). The principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and publication ethics were followed in our study.
: Not applicable.
: This study was derived from a doctoral dissertation and presented as an oral abstract at the 25th National Congress of Internal Medicine (October 8–12, 2023, Antalya, Türkiye).
: The authors declare no competing interests.