Karim, Asima https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6288-0686
Khan, Haroon Ahmed
Shahid Iqbal, M.
Ahmad, Firdos
Qaisar, Rizwan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8485-7172
Article History
Received: 10 July 2025
Revised: 3 February 2026
Accepted: 5 March 2026
First Online: 25 March 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study ensued the protocols of CONSORT guidelines. The study approval granted by the Medical Research Ethics Committee of RMI (Ref. # RMI-HEC-13-09-45, dated: 7th November 2022). The study executed after securing recorded informed consent from every participant.