Funding for this research was provided by:
Dayananda Sagar University
Article History
Received: 23 August 2025
Accepted: 29 March 2026
First Online: 9 April 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of CDSIMER (Ref- No. CDSIMER/MR/0104/IEC2023, dated 26-12-2023) and conducted in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to inclusion.
: During the preparation of this manuscript, the authors used AI tools like ChatGPT to improve the language and readability. After using this tool, the authors reviewed and edited the content as needed and took full responsibility for the publication’s content.