Rajan, Asha K.
Khader, Nisha Abdul
Poojari, Pooja Gopal
Attur, Ravindra Prabhu
Kamath, Veena G.
Kamath, Shobha U.
Nagaraju, Shankar Prasad
Mallayasamy, Surulivel Rajan
Rashid, Muhammed
Thunga, Girish https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1257-969X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (5/4/7-10/Nephro/2021-NCD-II)
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 25 October 2024
Accepted: 11 April 2025
First Online: 12 May 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. The authors also declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration. The study involved human participants and was approved and reviewed by Kasturba Medical College and Hospital institutional ethical committee (IEC 326/2020). No animals were involved in this research.
: All the subjects included in the study provided written informed consent of participation before answering the questionnaire.