Kulothungan, Vaitheeswaran https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5115-6521
Seenappa, Kavyashree https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1523-2194
Mohan, Rohith https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4915-7239
Article History
Received: 9 January 2025
Revised: 23 May 2025
Accepted: 24 June 2025
First Online: 9 July 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study utilized publicly available secondary data, and there is no personally identifiable information about survey respondents included in the dataset. We confirm that all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. Approval for the study was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee at ICMR-NCDIR, Bengaluru, under exemption from review (NCDIR/IEC/3057/2022).