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Marasine, Nirmal Raj https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4353-382X
Aryal, Ambika
Mahat, Salma
GC, Shreejana
Thakuri, Supriya Singh
Pathak, Nabin
Paudel, Shishir
Sankhi, Sabina
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Article History
Received: 2 June 2025
Accepted: 11 January 2026
First Online: 23 January 2026
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Committee of CiST (IRC-CiST, Ref no. 66/079/080), and data collection permission was taken from the Infertility Center at Bijulibazar, Kathmandu. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to data collection. For participants who could not read or write, the consent form was read aloud in the Nepali language in the presence of an impartial witness, who then signed the form; participants provided consent by affixing a thumbprint.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
