Krishnan, K. Shyam
Deka, Kuldeep
Nayak, Megha M.
Pranathi, T. N. V. Sai Lakshmi
Shetty, Udbhavi
Article History
Received: 31 July 2025
Accepted: 12 December 2025
First Online: 20 December 2025
Declarations
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: The study conducted in complete adherence to ethical principles in conductance of medical research on human subjects as per the declaration of Helsinki and the protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Ethics committee of Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India (IEC KMC MLR 08/2024/529).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.