Sharma, Ayushi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1475-3313
Saini, Uttam Chand https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6812-5470
Bhadada, Sanjay Kumar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0410-8778
Sharma, Sadhna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6631-1704
Kaur, Jyotdeep https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0284-4517
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (2021-12862)
Article History
Received: 21 August 2025
Accepted: 28 February 2026
First Online: 25 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study was ethically approved by the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India, Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) vide no. IEC-12/2021–2238.
: Informed consent was obtained from all the study participants.
: The authors declare that they have no financial or non-financial competing interests.