Jose, Anmi
Kulkarni, Pallavi
Kumar, Naveena AN
Usman, Nawaz
Rodrigues, Gabriel Sunil
Shenoy, Gautham G.
Damerla, Rama Rao
Munisamy, Murali
Bisht, Bharti
Varambally, Sooryanarayana
Paul, Manash K.
Arya, Neha
Rao, Praveen PN
Rao, Mahadev
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 12 March 2025
Accepted: 28 July 2025
First Online: 5 August 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The Ethical approval for the study was granted by the Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC: 504/2019), and written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The research was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.