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Article History

Received: 7 July 2025

Accepted: 3 November 2025

First Online: 9 December 2025

Declarations

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: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, KDU (RP/S/2023/47) prior to the initiation of the project, and informed written consent was obtained from all participants. The process of the research is in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki declaration. The study participants were informed about the study objectives, procedure, their rights and privacy concerns via the information sheet attached to the questionnaire form, and written informed consent was obtained prior to answer the questionnaire. In addition, the participants were informed about the voluntary nature of their participation and guaranteed the privacy and confidentiality of all information provided. The collected data was used only for the research purpose, and password protected in a computer, which was accessible only to the investigators and the personnel authorized by the investigators. Both computer-based and paper-based data will be safely discarded two years after the publication of the research. Data will not be used for any other study or purpose.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.