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Article History

Received: 18 June 2025

Accepted: 10 November 2025

First Online: 29 December 2025

Declarations

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: All procedures in this study were in accordance with the institutional research guidelines and the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments, or with comparable ethical standards. As the study was not medical research nor regarded as human experimentation as stated in the Declaration of Helsinki, and the questions in the questionnaire did not have any adverse effect on the mental health status of the respondents, ethical approval was waived for this questionnaire-based study by the Ethical Committee of Amity University, India, in January 2025. Consent to participate was obtained from the respondents included in the study. Before participating in the questionnaire, respondents were presented with the consent-to-participate form, which informed them of the study's purpose, the confidentiality and anonymity of their information, the voluntary nature of their participation, and their right to withdraw from the study at any time. If respondents chose “I would like to take part in the study”, they were allowed to participate in subsequent questionnaires. Finally, all respondents agreed to participate in the study and consented to have their data processed.

: Not Applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.