Madhu, Vijayasaravanan https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9295-9541
Amalanathan, Sophia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2241-6416
Rajendiran, Abinaya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-8501
Chilakamarri, Srivalli https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0485-9557
Colbert, Kumaran Ramesh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3415-0395
Article History
Received: 25 March 2025
Accepted: 29 November 2025
First Online: 7 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: This study was approved by the institutional ethical committee (IEC) review board of Indira Gandhi medical college and research Institute 542/IEC-38) – attached in supplementary materials. The study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: All the participants were included in the study after obtaining the informed 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.