Dsouza, Sebestina Anita
Bangera, Kshama
Acharya, Vinita
Guddattu, Vasudeva
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 24 July 2024
Accepted: 8 January 2026
First Online: 28 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee, Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital (IEC# 328/2017) and registered with the Clinical Trail Registry - India (CTRI/2017/06/008916) on 27 June 2017. The participants were explained about the study’s purpose and procedure. Interested participants were provided with the Participant Information Sheet and written informed consent was obtained before commencement of the interview.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.