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Received: 27 January 2025

Accepted: 26 August 2025

First Online: 7 September 2025

Declarations

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: All the study participants were made to sign an informed consent form. The work was duly approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee (IEC), Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, India. Under National Ethics Committee Registry for Biomedical and Health Research, NECRBHR DHR ICMR and Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. (IEC, D.No. IECJNMC/1659 dated: 04-09-2024). The IEC committee has reviewed and approved all the questionnaires that were subjected to human subjects. The study has followed all the relevant guidelines/regulations involving human subjects and was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants were informed about the purpose of the study, the voluntary nature of their participation, and their right to withdraw at any time without any negative consequences. Informed consent was obtained from each participant prior to data collection. Participants were assured of the confidentiality and anonymity of their responses, and the data were used solely for research purpose.

: Participants consented to the use of anonymized data for publication. The authors, on behalf of all contributors, also consent to the publication of this manuscript and affirm that the work has not been published previously and is not under consideration elsewhere.

: The authors declare no competing interests.