Nassar, Zuvairiya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5660-1719
Srinivasan, Sampath Kumar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6791-8447
Pradhan, Manas Ranjan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7011-894X
Article History
Received: 21 May 2024
Accepted: 25 November 2025
First Online: 3 December 2025
Declarations
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: Bharathiar University Human Ethics Committee approved this study [(BUHEC/067/2023) dated May 2nd, 2023]. Permission was received from the research supervisor and doctoral committee members of the first and corresponding author as well. All participants were provided with study information sheets and consent information sheets to read and furnish their consent for participation. All the study participants signed informed consent forms to signify their consent. The authors assert that all procedures contributing to this work comply with the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.