Raj D.R, Spoorthy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4215-162X
C.B, Mithun https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8491-8139
Balan, Suma https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6919-0680
Srikanth, Jyothi Visalakshy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7088-8656
Pradeep, Manu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3454-5677
Surendran, Sandeep https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2450-5401
Funding for this research was provided by:
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University
Article History
Received: 20 January 2026
Accepted: 3 March 2026
First Online: 14 March 2026
Declaration
:
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: This study involves human participants and ethics was approved by the Amrita School of Medicine Ethics committee (ECASM-AIMS-2022–117).
: All participants gave informed consent to participate in the study before taking part.