Khadilkar, Meera Niranjan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-8913
K., Keshava Pai https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0753-9685
Rai, Thripthi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9374-4628
Shenoy, Vijendra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9294-7626
Dosemane, Deviprasad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6282-0029
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 29 August 2024
Accepted: 17 October 2024
First Online: 15 November 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee, KMC Mangalore (IEC KMC MLR 06-2021/194) and was performed following the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. No animals were involved in the study.
: Obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee, KMC Mangalore (IEC KMC MLR 06-2021/194) and was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. No animals were involved in the study.
: Not applicable.