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Article History

Received: 11 July 2025

Accepted: 9 March 2026

First Online: 2 April 2026

Declarations

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: The Institutional Human Ethics Committee of the Central university of Jammu, with the reference number CUJ/IHEC/2026/08, granted ethical approval for the study. Respondents had to sign the informed consent before starting the survey and the interview. All procedures were conducted in compliance with the relevant ethical guidelines and regulations as approved by the Committee. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants included in the study. The participants were presented with an information sheet explaining the purpose of the research, the voluntary nature of their participation and the confidentiality of their responses before they could access the questionnaire. Consent was implied by voluntary completion and submission of the survey.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.