Chandy, Nithya https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6620-6348
Rai, Thripthi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9374-4628
Hegde, Anupama https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4187-9106
Article History
Received: 14 August 2025
Accepted: 7 March 2026
First Online: 19 March 2026
Declarations
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: The authors state absence of any conflict of interest, financial or otherwise, in the execution of this study. The authors have not received any financial aid or grants for carrying out this study. This study involves human participants only who were enrolled only after getting an informed-written consent. This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (IEC KMC MLR – 10/2022/418).