Lingappa, Devika Jabagodu
Alli, Sai Deepak
Sujir, Sachin Nayak
Sirur, Freston Marc
Lath, Vrinda
Pai, Divya D.
Akash, K.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 30 June 2025
Accepted: 23 October 2025
First Online: 25 November 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, MAHE University (IEC2:424/2024) on 01/06/2024. All participants provided written informed consent prior to enrolment in the study. This research was conducted ethically in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. The study was registered with the Clinical Trials Registry of India on July 9, 2024 (CTRI No. CTRI/2024/07/070280).
: The authors declare no competing interests.