Gupta, Mahak
Dinesan, Akshay
Udyawar, Lahari
Prasad, Ashmitha
Rao, Arathi P
Velu, Umesh
Mehta, Ankita
N P, Jayashree
Mailankody, Sharada
Lewis, Shirley https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5601-4004
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 18 June 2026
Accepted: 17 August 2026
First Online: 2 September 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interest: Dr Shirley Lewis has stock ownership in AIRONC healthcare technologies Private Limited and is unrelated to this work.
Ethical approval: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Institutional ethics committee of Kasturba Medical college and Kasturba Hospital (IEC1: 407/2022)
Consent to participate: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.