Ullah, Muhammad Ikram
Manni, Emad
Shakil, Muhammad
Hussain, Shabbir
Awan, Ammara Niaz
Hussain, Shahid
Alameen, Ayman Ali Mohammed
Farhana, Aisha
Atif, Muhammad
Naveed, Muhammad Asif
Funding for this research was provided by:
Al Jouf University (DG55R-2023-01 -02369)
Article History
Received: 29 April 2025
Accepted: 4 August 2025
First Online: 30 September 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study obtained Ethical approval from the Ethical Review Committee, University of Health Sciences Lahore, Pakistan (UHS/EAPC-22/ERC/2) dated April 28, 2022. Helsinki guidelines (modified 2013) were followed for the collection of human subjects, and written informed consent was obtained from each participant.