Khalid, Sumaiya Binte
Shimul, Md. Monir Hossain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6443-3265
Khan, Salim https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6772-9854
Khandker, Salamat https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3334-5905
Article History
Received: 7 March 2026
Accepted: 16 June 2026
First Online: 21 June 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ref: REC-FHLS/DIU/2024/0142). Written institutional approvals were collected before data collection. Prior to data collection, participants were informed about the purpose, procedures, potential risks, and benefits of the study in local language. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. Confidentiality was strictly maintained and data were used solely for academic purposes. The study adhered to the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. No experiments on humans and/or the use of human tissue samples were done in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.