Verma, Madhur https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1787-8392
Esht, Vandana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2007-3210
Alshehri, Mohammed M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0028-0957
Aljahni, Mohammed https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2654-3420
Chauhan, Kirti https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6208-9229
Morsy, Walaa E.
Kapoor, Nitin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9520-2072
Kalra, Sanjay
Article History
Received: 18 July 2023
Accepted: 29 August 2023
First Online: 27 September 2023
Declarations
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: Madhur Verma, Vandana Esht, Mohammed M Alshehri, Mohammed Aljahni, Kirti Chauhan, Walaa E Morsy, Nitin Kapoor and Sanjay Kalra have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
: The data source for the study was national surveys conducted by the Government of India, and the anonymized dataset is freely available in the public domain. The institutional ethics committee of AIIMS Bathinda waived the need for ethical approval.