Apte, Savni
Ramachandra, Preetha
Guruvare, Shyamala
Bhat, Shashikala K.
Kamath U, Saritha
Maiya, G. Arun https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-1350
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 23 August 2024
Accepted: 1 January 2026
First Online: 22 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was commenced after obtaining ethical approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC1: 86/2022).