Singh, Gurarsh
Bhaskar, Vikram https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0562-7534
Batra, Prerna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2783-1889
Gupta, Piyush
Article History
Received: 21 December 2024
Revised: 30 June 2025
Accepted: 18 August 2025
First Online: 28 August 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. Ethical clearance was sought from the institutional ethics committee and the trial was registered with CTRI (CTRI/2023/03/050166). The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.