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"Declarations Disclosure of potential conflicts of interestThere is not any conflicts of interest. Ethics approvalEthics committee approval was received for this cross-sectional study from Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University Clinical Research Ethics Committee (01-2023/14). Clinical Trials number is TCTR20230206001/ 06 February 2023 (TCTR: Thai Clinical Trials Registry). Consent to participateA signed informed consent form was obtained from the study participants and the study was designed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethics committee approval was received for this study from Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University Clinical Research Ethics Committee (01-2023/14). Consent for publicationNA. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest There is not any conflicts of interest. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This research is funded by Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University (26-M-23)."

"Trial registration number TCTR20230206001/06 Feb 2023 (TCTR: Thai Clinical Trials Registry)."