Verma, Preeti
Sharma, Bhawana
Dhar, Sunil
Mehta, Pankaj
Taloor, Ajay Kumar
Funding for this research was provided by:
NITI Aayog, Ministry of Planning, Government of India,
Article History
Received: 20 January 2025
Accepted: 26 August 2025
First Online: 29 August 2025
Declarations
:
: Ethical approval and Accordance/Ethical Guidelines: Ethical approval was obtained from the Central University of Jammu, and the study followed the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975, revised in 2000. Informed consent: Participants of this study voluntarily took part after providing informed consent. They were given all necessary details regarding the study’s purpose, methodology, and potential impacts before participation. For participants under the age of 16, informed consent was obtained from their parents or legally authorized representatives, in addition to assent from the participants themselves.
: Authors grant permission to Springer Nature to publish and distribute the findings of this study, including any data, analysis, images, or materials submitted in connection with the publication. We confirm that we have the right to grant such permission and that the submission does not infringe on any third-party rights. Informed consent to publish has been taken from all subjects and/or their legal guardian(s) for publication of identifying information/images in an online open-access publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.