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Article History

Received: 5 September 2025

Accepted: 28 November 2025

First Online: 16 December 2025

Declarations

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: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (2013 revision). According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research Involving Human Participants (2017; updated 2019), formal approval from an institutional ethics committee was not required for this type of non-clinical, non-invasive social research. All participants were fully informed about the objectives of the study, confidentiality and anonymity were assured, and written informed consent to participate was obtained from all participants prior to data collection.

: Not applicable. This manuscript does not include any individual personal data in text, images, or other formats.

: The authors declare no competing interests.