Azhar, Tashbihul https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5024-8408
Akhtar, Naseem https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8724-3248
Rajan, Shiv https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2513-6281
Gupta, Sameer https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1865-1640
Kumar, Vijay https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6477-8274
Prakash, Puneet https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9099-4771
Karim, Syeeda Mariam https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7865-0760
Article History
Received: 30 May 2025
Accepted: 4 January 2026
First Online: 29 January 2026
Conflict of interest
: The authors declare no conflict of interest any individual, body, organisations or any authority.
: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of King’s George Medical University U.P. with the approval no. ECR/262/Inst/UP/2013/RR-18 dated 20/08/2018.
: Verbal consent was taken from the participants in the study.
: Not applicable.