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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/103829, first published .
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Authors of this article:

Emine Karadeniz1 Author Orcid Image ;   Hamdiye Arda2 Author Orcid Image ;   Esma Gülsun Arslan Cellat3 Author Orcid Image
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Emine Karadeniz   1 , MSc ;   Hamdiye Arda   2 , PhD, Prof Dr ;   Esma Gülsun Arslan Cellat   3 , MD

1 Emergency Department, Abdulkadir Yüksel State Hospital, Gaziantep, Gaziantep, East Turkey, Türkiye

2 Department of Nursing, Atatürk Faculty of Health Sciences, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, East Turkey, Türkiye

3 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Specialist Clinic, Gaziantep, East Turkey, Türkiye

Corresponding Author:

  • Hamdiye Arda, PhD, Prof Dr
  • Department of Nursing
  • Atatürk Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Dicle University
  • Kıtılbıl S, 2nd Fl.
  • Diyarbakır, East Turkey 21100
  • Türkiye
  • Phone: 90 412 241 10 00
  • Email: hamdiye.arda@dicle.edu.tr