Kiran, Usha
Anitha, H.
Bhat, Shyamasunder N.
Naik, Roshan Ramakrishna
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 28 December 2024
Revised: 28 August 2025
Accepted: 30 August 2025
First Online: 13 September 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMRinstitutional)’s and national research committee’s ethical guidelines were followed in all procedures carried out in studies involving human subjects. Ethics Committee: Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC No. 12/2023, Review date: March 1, 2023). The study was also registered in Clinical Trials Registry of India, with number: CTRI/2023/03/050547.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in the study.
: The author provides consent for the publication of this article.