Gandhi, Aravind P https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3898-5450
Selvaraj, Kalaiselvi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0596-0495
Kuruvatti, Nandeesh
Deshmukh, Pradeep R https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4172-9522
Solanki, Ranjan
Kushwaha, Aravind
Sujiv, Akkilagunta
Selokar, Deepak
Sabale, Revathi Mahesh
Inamdar, Asim S
Bharadwaj, Vishwajit
Babu, Bontha V
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research
Article History
Received: 27 January 2026
Accepted: 9 April 2026
First Online: 20 April 2026
Declarations
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: This research was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of AIIMS, Nagpur (AIIMS-NAG/IEC/2019/003). Interview of the participants were taken after explaining the study procedures and obtaining their written informed consent from all participants. This study was conducted in accordance with National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research by Indian Council of Medical research and in full compliance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.