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Article History

Received: 23 September 2024

Accepted: 1 April 2025

First Online: 23 April 2025

Declarations

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: This study was conducted per the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics and Research Committee (ERC) at Government Postgraduate College Nowshera. It has sought ethical approval and rights for participation from the participants. Each participant was told the aim of the research and the processes that would be undertaken, with their right to refuse to continue participating at any time without any repercussions.

: Ethics statement Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Parents or legal guardians provided informed consent for participants younger than 18 years, and children or adolescents themselves gave assent. This statement signifies that all required consents from adults and parents (guardians) for minors were achieved by ethical standards on research of human subjects.

: The authors declare no competing interests.