Raghuveer, Pracheth
Rao, Mithun
Reddy, Dayasagar
Sunil, Khushi
Narayan, Roshna
Bera, Shreya
Kolkar, Prajwal
Moolya, Rakshita
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 1 March 2026
Accepted: 30 June 2026
First Online: 3 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was conducted after obtaining the Institutional Ethics Committee Clearance from Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India. The approval number is IEC KMC MLR 04/2022/154. The participants were interviewed after providing the informed consent.
Consent for publication: Participants granted permission for publication of study findings.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.