Naik, Bharathi
Damani, Anuja
Ghoshal, Arun
Nagaraju, Shankar Prasad
Singhai, Pankaj
Ammunje, Swathi Nayak
Attur, Ravindra Prabhu
Salins, Naveen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 16 February 2025
Accepted: 18 July 2025
First Online: 24 July 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki, and it was approved by the Institutional Review Board (or Ethics Committee) of the Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (IEC-214/2021). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrollment.
: Not applicable.
: AG is an editorial board member of BMC Palliative Care, the rest of the authors declare that they have no competing interests.