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Pradhan, Jalandhar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5998-0363
Ray, Soumen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3924-1007
Nielsen, Monika O.
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Received: 9 February 2024
Accepted: 23 September 2024
First Online: 7 October 2024
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: The present study was approved by the HML Institutional Review Board. The HML IRB is authorized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Human Research Protection (IRB#1211, IORG#850) and has DHHS Federal-Wide Assurance approval (FWA#1102).
: Each participant was briey explained regarding the purpose of the study. Participants either read the informed consent or the interviewer read it aloud for them where the process and purpose of the interview was clearly mentioned. They were further asked if they agreed to be a part of the study. Individuals who answered in armative were then asked to give their consent. Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants (educated) and for illiterate or uneducated participants informed consent was obtained in the form of a signature or thumb impression.
: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.
