Ebenezer, Anupriya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0121-9392
Kumar, Kaushlendra https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6585-8081
Kalaiah, Mohan Kumar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9984-9175
Dosemane, Deviprasad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6282-0029
Malik, M. Ramiz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6610-1723
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 17 February 2025
Accepted: 24 March 2025
First Online: 7 April 2025
Declarations
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: Approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee of the Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (IEC KMC MLR 09-19/423).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.