Sandhya, M.
Devkate, Balaji Narayan
Raghavendra, Raghavendra
Ganesh, Anjali
Kumar, Manoj
Jain, Neelu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal University Jaipur
Article History
Received: 9 February 2026
Accepted: 23 April 2026
First Online: 2 June 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with relevant institutional and international ethical guidelines, including the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical review and approval were obtained from the Research Ethics Committee of St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru, India prior to the commencement of data collection. All procedures involving human participants complied with the research ethics policies and regulations of St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru, India. Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their inclusion in the study.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.