Akhtar, Kulsum https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2758-3058
Kumar, Suraj https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4286-6315
Sehgal, Chhavi Arora https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0027-5288
Khan, Aatir Uddin https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9204-4419
Article History
Received: 29 September 2025
Revised: 23 November 2025
Accepted: 4 December 2025
First Online: 18 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that there are no competing interests.
: All seven studies included in the meta-analysis involving participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and /or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants in 7 research studies of this meta-analysis.