Maingi, Bhavya https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9979-8937
Akkunje, Preetie Shetty https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9785-7136
Karuppali, Sudhin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2955-8107
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Accepted: 15 July 2025
First Online: 15 September 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declared that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study was approved by Institute’s Ethics Committee (IEC KMC MLR 03/2023/107). The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki.