Chilakamarri, Srivalli https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0485-9557
Amalanathan, Sophia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2241-6416
Vasudharini, A. https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6952-3395
Kumar, Henry Pradeep https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3904-7912
Colbert, Kumaran Ramesh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3415-0395
Article History
Received: 5 May 2025
Accepted: 3 October 2025
First Online: 24 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article. The author declares no conflict of interest.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee (IEC) review board of Indira Gandhi Medical College and research Institute /IEC 36/PP-3/2022 ). The study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. All the participants were included in the study after obtaining consent and providing them participant information sheet and explaining the same in their own language. Informed consent & participant information sheet—attached in the supplementary material.
: We have adhered to the minimum reporting guidelines hosted by the EQUATOR Network when preparing our manuscript. STROBE Statement—Checklist of items that should be included in the supplementary material.