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Article History

Received: 23 May 2025

Accepted: 11 March 2026

First Online: 17 April 2026

Declarations

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: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (Approval No.: Dean/2022/EC/4086; dated 15 April 2023). All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments (or comparable ethical standards). Administrative approval was also obtained from the Nodal Officer of the Adolescent Centre OPD. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants prior to their inclusion in the study. A voluntary written informed consent which included a well explained description and objectives of the study was obtained from the respondents. They were informed that they had the right to voluntarily withdraw from the study any time without any effect on their treatment process and they will still be provided all the health services. They were also informed and assured of confidentiality and anonymity during the study by protecting their information and identity. They were however informed that their participation in this study will have no risk or discomfort. The respondents were informed that data collection will be done on an individual basis and that privacy will be provided at all times during the process of data collection.

: All participants provided informed consent for the anonymized data to be used for research and publication purposes. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript and consent to its publication.

: The authors declare no competing interests.