Govindharaj, Pitchaimani https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3637-3760
Swaminathan, Narasimman https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4310-2683
Article History
Received: 19 April 2025
Accepted: 2 June 2025
First Online: 1 July 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (Deemed to be University), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The ethical approval number is NI/24/OCT/98/153. All participants signed an informed written consent before participation and informed consent was obtained from all the study participants. The study was conducted under the principles of the Helsinki Declaration.
: Informed consent of the participants was sought at the beginning of the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.