Funding for this research was provided by:
Dept. of Health Research Govt. of India (HTA-Resource centre grant)
Article History
Accepted: 24 October 2023
First Online: 28 November 2023
Declarations
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: The Department of Health Research, Government of India funds the HTARC, ICMR-NIE grant no. T.11011/08/2017-HR(Part-1)/E-office-8025571 dated 27 November, 2019. The funders played no role in the study’s conception, execution, or manuscript preparation.
: Akhil Sasidharan, Bhavani Shankara Bagepally, and S. Sajith Kumar have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
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: All relevant data and materials supporting the findings of this study are included in the submitted files. Additional data or materials, if required, can be obtained upon reasonable request by contacting the corresponding author.
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: BSB and AS designed the study. BSB, AS, and SK conducted the literature search, screening, and data extraction. AS and SK performed the quality assessment, and AS performed the data synthesis. AS drafted the manuscript. All authors contributed to the interpretation of the results and critically revised the manuscript.