Chaudhary, Narendra Kumar http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7747-4066
Sunuwar, Dev Ram http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2544-8296
Sharma, Rachit
Karki, Mandeep
Timilsena, Mukti Nath
Gurung, Anita
Badgami, Sunil
Singh, Devendra Raj http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1450-9476
Karki, Prabesh
Bhandari, Kailash Kumar http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6971-9732
Pradhan, Pranil Man Singh http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0066-8583
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nepal Health Research Council (Grant number: 110/2021, Grant number: 110/2021, Grant number: 110/2021, Grant number: 110/2021, Grant number: 110/2021, Grant number: 110/2021, Grant number: 110/2021, Grant number: 110/2021, Grant number: 110/2021, Grant number: 110/2021, Grant number: 110/2021)
Article History
Received: 25 April 2022
Accepted: 17 August 2022
First Online: 30 August 2022
Declarations
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: We confirm that all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The ethical approval was obtained from the Ethical Review Board (ERB) of NHRC (Reg. Number: 3104, approved on 11/05/2021). The clinical trial registry was done with Clinical Trial.gov. (Identifier: NCT04838366. Registered on 09/04 2021). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients recruited for this study.
: All participants provided informed consent for publication.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.