B, Shushma Rao
Shenoy, Ramya
Jodalli, Praveen
Prabhakar, Ashish John
M, Roma
Rao, Ashwini
Pai, Mithun
B.R, Avinash
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 3 February 2025
Accepted: 24 July 2025
First Online: 6 August 2025
Declarations
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: The protocol of this study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of the MCODS, Mangalore, INDIA (Protocol Reference number: 23059 dated 17th July, 2023). The treatment protocol was standard care without any experimental treatment approach or medications and was carried out according to the Helsinki Declaration. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Written informed consent was obtained before participation.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The STROBE [] checklist was used as the reporting guideline for this study. This information has been provided as an additional file along with this manuscript.