Lalhruaimawii, Irene
Sangthang, S.
Varma, Danturulu Muralidhar
Chandrashekar, U. K.
Chawngthu, Richard L.
Rajesh, Radhakrishnan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 3 July 2025
Accepted: 6 November 2025
First Online: 7 December 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethical Committee (IEC), Civil Hospital, Aizawl Mizoram (Ref. No. 12018/1/13/-CH(A)/IEC/99). Participants were fully informed about the research before providing handwritten informed consent. To ensure privacy, confidentiality was upheld by excluding personal identifiers. The study procedures were conducted in adherence to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.