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Received: 3 July 2025

Accepted: 23 April 2026

First Online: 2 May 2026

Declarations

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: The research was in accordance with APA ethical research and publication guidelines (American Psychological Association, ) and the Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Association, ). An informal consultation with faculty at the authors’ institutions indicated that ethics committee approval was not required for this type of observational, non-interventional study involving a non-vulnerable population. Participation in the study was voluntary and the participants were informed of the purpose of the survey. A point of contact was provided at the end of the survey to provide participants an opportunity to ask questions about the research or have their data removed. The full extent of confidentiality was explained through the form directly, and participants could withdraw without consequences by closing the tab on which the Google Form was open. Data was stored using MS Excel. Data was deidentified before analysis. The population studied was non-clinical. The form pointed participants toward mental health helplines based in India if they felt distressed.

: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

: Consent to publish is not applicable. This study does not include any individual-level data, images, or other identifying information. All data were collected and analyzed in anonymized form.

: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.