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Bakthavatsalu, Barathi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0562-0498
Walshe, Catherine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4531-8608
Simpson, Jane https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-4077
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Received: 28 July 2023
Accepted: 9 September 2025
First Online: 8 October 2025
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: This study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (2013) for conducting research in human participants. Ethics approval was obtained from Lancaster University Ethics Committee, (ID: FHMREC17006), institutional Ethics Committee, St. John’s Medical College, India (ID: IEC/169/2016), and from the Indian Council for Medical Research (ID: 5/8/4-31) and informed written consent was obtained from all the participants.
: Informed written consent was obtained from all participants to publish their opinion without breaching anonymity.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
