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Article History

Received: 13 May 2025

Accepted: 22 December 2025

First Online: 9 January 2026

Competing interests

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: The questionnaire was approved in the meeting of the Scientific Review Board, which scrutinised and deliberated on the application submitted through Approval No. YIASCM/SRB-01/MGT/02/2024 of YIASCM, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru, under the said policies and procedures for research work of the said university, on 12th August 2024. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants beginning on 15 August 2024, prior to data collection. All procedures performed in this research complied with relevant institutional, national, and international guidelines for research involving human participants.

: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Participation was voluntary, and respondents were informed about the purpose of the study, confidentiality, and their right to withdraw at any stage before consenting. No identifying personal details or images were collected, ensuring full anonymity.