Nayak, Shalini Ganesh http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0798-7827
George, Anice http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2409-696X
Sharan, Krishna http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7949-1708
Nayak, Baby S. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9659-9860
Ravishankar, N. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9533-039X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 28 September 2023
Accepted: 12 February 2024
First Online: 7 March 2024
Declarations
:
: This was a performed in line with principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital (IEC 114/2019) on 13th February 2019.
: Informed consent was obtained from all the participants included in the study.
: Consent to publish was received from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.