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Authors
Srivastava, Swati
Parmar, Divya
Strupat, Christoph
Couturier, Viktoria
Ziegler, Susanne
Basu, Sharmishtha
De Allegri, Manuela
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Medizinische Fakultät Heidelberg der Universität Heidelberg
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Article History
Received: 28 May 2025
Accepted: 14 October 2025
First Online: 28 November 2025
Declarations
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: We obtained ethical approval from the Ethics Commission of the Medical Faculty via approval number 2023–11-07 ZB A 25,519, Heidelberg University, Germany, and from Sigma Institutional Review Board, New Delhi, India via approval numbers 10,011/IRB/18–19 and 10 057/IRB/19–20. All respondents provided written (or when illiterate, with thumb-print) informed consent to participate in the study. The research study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: VC, SZ, and SB work for the organization that funded the study, but their contribution towards this work is independent of their policy advising activity and represents exclusively the product of their views as a researcher. The organization and its directors did not attempt to shape the study design. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
