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Authors
Yesupatham, Aarthi
Das, Raja
Bharani, Go
Shaikmeeran, Meera
Saraswathy, Radha
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
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Article History
Received: 4 July 2025
Accepted: 6 October 2025
First Online: 8 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The research protocol was approved by respective Institutional Ethics committee for Studies on Human subjects. The study received ethical approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee of Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore (VIT/IECH/XIV/2023/01), Government Vellore Medical College & Hospital, Vellore (GVMCH) (VMC/III/00001/2023), and the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chennai (DPH) (DPHPM/DPHSAC/2023/250). All participants were informed about the study’s objectives and procedures, and written informed consent was obtained prior to enrolment.
