Bhat, Divya
Rajan, Asha K
Raju, Neeraja
Eshwara, Vandana Kalwaje
Varma, Muralidhar
Umakanth, Shashikiran
Thunga, Girish
Shanbhag, Vishal
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 22 January 2026
Accepted: 26 March 2026
First Online: 15 April 2026
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki and approved by the ethics committee of Kasturba Medical College and Hospital Institutional Ethical Committee (IEC:5/2024).
: This study does not include consent from patients owing to its study design
: The authors declare no competing interest
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: None to declare