Mishra, Bijeta
Pradhan, Jalandhar
Dhaka, Suman
Article History
Received: 23 February 2023
Accepted: 5 October 2023
First Online: 20 October 2023
Declarations
: We confirm that all methods, including ethics approval and consent to participate were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations or in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The study is a part of an on-going Doctoral Research work, and it has been approved by the Doctoral Scrutiny Committee of National Institute of Technology, Rourkela and ethics committee of the same institute. The study has obtained data using survey method and does not include any invasive methods of data collection. Further, all the participants have been briefed about the process and purpose of the study and an informed consent has been received from each participant.
: Each participant was briefly explained regarding the purpose of the study. Participants either read the informed consent or the interviewer read it aloud for them where the process and purpose of the interview was clearly mentioned. They were further asked if they agreed to be a part of the study. Individuals who answered in affirmative were then asked to give their consent. Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants (educated) and for illiterate or uneducated participants informed consent was obtained in the form of a signature or thumb impression. We hereby confirm that the informed consent procedure was approved by Doctoral Scrutiny Committee of National Institute of Technology, Rourkela and ethics committee of the same institute.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.