Pai, Radhika R.
Ghoshal, Arun
Udupa, Karthik
Pai, Ananth
Mailankody, Sharada
Damani, Anuja
Rao, Krithika S.
Prabhu, Shwetha
Nayak, Malathi G.
Salins, Naveen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 25 October 2024
Accepted: 16 June 2025
First Online: 14 July 2025
Declarations
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: Informed consent to participate was obtained from all the participants in the study. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethical Committee (IEC1-82/2022) of Kasturba Hospital in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and the study was registered in the Clinical Trials Registry of India (CTRI/2022/07/044188) dated 20/07/2022).
: Not applicable.
: AG is an editorial board member of BMC Palliative Care Journal; the authors declare they have no competing interests.