Pawar, Mrudula
Venkatesan, Prem https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6753-1154
Mysore, Satyanarayana
Bhat, Guruprasad
R., Vani Lakshmi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 14 December 2025
Revised: 7 March 2026
Accepted: 8 April 2026
First Online: 1 May 2026
Declarations
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: The ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics committee of Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. All participants provided written informed consent prior to participation.
: Clinical Trials Registry – India (CTRI/2025/03/082574).
: The authors declare there are no conflicts of interests.