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Article History

Received: 29 June 2024

Accepted: 31 March 2025

First Online: 16 April 2025

Declarations

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: Not Applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: Good clinical care guidelines were followed, and the guidelines were established as per the Helsinki Declaration 2008. No identifying information or images have been included in the original article, which was submitted for publication in an online open-access publication. The Institutional Ethical Committee of Shri MP Shah Medical College and Guru Gobind Govt Hospital, Gujarat, India, approved the entire methodology and protocol. The institutional review board or ethics committee reviewed and approved the study protocol. (REF No: 284/03/2023, dated 22/02/2024). The confidentiality and anonymity of the participants were maintained throughout the study. This study was consented to by the Gujarat State AIDS Control Society (GSACS) (GSACS/SIMU/Research/2023-24/3/4240, dated 14/03/2024).