Dinesh, Dhiya
Vaishali, K.
Bhat, Anup
Sinha, Mukesh Kumar
Prabhudev, Amithash M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 28 March 2025
Accepted: 14 January 2026
First Online: 3 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC: 72/2018) and was registered under the Clinical Trial Registry of India.(CTRI/2018/11/016355)( ). Before their participation, all participants provided informed consent by signing and returning the consent documents.