Pavanya, Manohar
Chadaga, Krishnaraj
J, Vennila
Vasudeva, Akhila
Rao, Bhamini Krishna
Prabhu, Srikanth
Bhat, Shashikala K
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 16 March 2025
Accepted: 14 July 2025
First Online: 19 July 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee, and the ethical clearance number is IEC1:122/2022. The clinical trial registry number of the study is CTRI/2022/08/044770.