Phukan, Chiranjita
Talukdar, Anjan Jyoti
Dutta, Sangitanjan
Saha, Saptadweep
Borah, Monalisha Saikia
Talukdar, Pinku Mani
Sarma, Bhaskar Jyoti
Baishya, Achyut Chandra
Choudhury, Saswati Sanyal
Deuri, Anuradha
Funding for this research was provided by:
Multidisciplinary Research Unit, Department of Health Research (DHR), Government of India (Grant Number: GMC&H/MRU/2022/114-03)
Article History
Received: 18 July 2025
Accepted: 6 November 2025
First Online: 7 December 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India. The study is in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008(5). Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.