Rani, Praneetha
Shivaprasad, https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4961-6152
Shetty, Abhijith
Levingston, Shilpa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 7 March 2026
Accepted: 12 July 2026
First Online: 20 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Received approval from the Human Ethics Committee [Institutional Review Board of A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (ECR/348/Inst/KA/2013/RR-16)] and informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their involvement.
Consent for publication: Yes.
Author information: Nil.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.