Ummad, Asma
Siddiqui, Amna Rehana
Nighat, Aroosa
Riaz, Atif
Tahir, Hasan Nawaz
Hamid, Saeed
Zaidi, Shehla
Article History
Received: 24 December 2023
Accepted: 28 October 2025
First Online: 20 February 2026
Declaration
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: Approval was obtained from the Aga Khan University Ethical Review Committee, ERC# 2021–6200–17391. Clearance was taken from the respective medical superintendent or chief medical officers of public and private hospitals, followed by written informed consent from the participants prior to data collection.
: The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this article, and these do not represent the views of the funding agency.
: The authors have no competing interests.