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Gupta, Sonika
Guruvare, Shyamala https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7933-2400
Dasari, Brihathi Pranavi https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6000-4232
Kudva, Ranjini https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0307-5249
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
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Article History
Received: 20 October 2025
Revised: 20 October 2025
Accepted: 25 July 2026
First Online: 17 August 2026
Declarations
Conflicting interest: The authors declare no conflict of interests.
Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate: Clearance was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher education, Manipal, Karnataka, India (IEC/435/2022) and CTRI registration (CTRI/2023/07/055260), Date of CTRI Registration-16/07/2023.
Informed consent: Informed written consent was obtained from each participant. The conduct of the study followed the ethical framework of the Declaration of Helsinki, including its latest revisions.
