Athira, Chullithala
Majumdar, Anindo
Sutar, Roshan F.
Singh, Bharti
Thampy, Parvathy
Rupani, Ashlesh
Dabar, Deepti
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (MD21DEC-0063)
Article History
Received: 29 January 2024
Accepted: 10 March 2025
First Online: 21 August 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles as mentioned in the Declaration of Helsinki (2013). The study was approved by the Institutional Human Ethics Committee- Post-Graduate Research (IHEC-PGR) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal (Reference Number: IHEC- PGR/2020/PG/July/09 dated 27/08/2021). The purpose of the study was explained to all the participants through the Patient Information Sheet (PIS), and written informed consent was obtained. Assurance of the confidentiality of the information was ensured, and all the data were anonymized before analysis and reporting.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.