Shahid, Nadia
Ali, Syeda Kauser
Saeed, Shaista Afzal
Khowaja, Aun Ali
Zulfikar, Imrana
Qureshi, Summaya Saeed
Article History
Received: 28 October 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 18 February 2026
Declarations
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: 1. Institutional Review Board, Dow University of Health Sciences Ref. No: 3663/DUHS/Approval/2024/326. 2. Ethic Review Committee, Ziauddin University Ref. No: 9010824NSSUR. 3. Ethic Review Committee, Agha Khan University Ref. No: 2024-10533-32134. This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.