Kumari, Monika
Bharti, Ramesh
Verma, Promila
Pandey, Pragya
Shukla, Suruchi
Singh, Nishi
Article History
Received: 1 June 2025
Accepted: 29 January 2026
First Online: 9 March 2026
Declarations
: The pilot study was conducted in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki.
: The manuscript has been read and approved by all the author and meets all the criteria for authorship.
: Approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee (Ref: XXI-PGTSC-IIA/P16)
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The trial was registered with the CTRI with registration number -CTRI/2024/02/062262.