Yadadi, Sunaina Shetty
Sekar, Priyadharshini
Mohammed, Marwan Mansoor
Acharya, Anirudh
Rahman, Betul
Ahmed, Aicha Sid
Shetty, Preetha Jayasheela
Vinay, Vineet
Shetty, Raghavendra M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Office of Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (2101100248, 2101100248, 2101100248, 2101100248, 2101100248, 2101100248, 2101100248)
Article History
Received: 18 June 2025
Accepted: 28 July 2025
First Online: 6 October 2025
Declarations
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: All methods in this study were carried out by the Declaration of Helsinki. The Research Ethics Committee, University of Sharjah, UAE, has approved the study protocol (No: REC-21-01-31-01). Participation was voluntary, and all data were processed anonymously. The informed written consent was obtained from all the participants who participated in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest as defined by BMC or other interests that might be perceived to influence the results and/or discussion reported in this paper.