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Authors
Singh, Devendra Raj
Nayaju, Suvash
Karki, Kshitij
Shakya, Nani Shobha
Chaudhary, Narendra Kumar
Sah, Rajeeb Kumar
Pradhan, Pranil Man Singh
Sunuwar, Dev Ram
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
University Grants Commission- Nepal (Faculty Research Grant 76/77 HS_2, Faculty Research Grant 76/77 HS_2)
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Article History
Received: 25 August 2024
Accepted: 24 October 2025
First Online: 24 November 2025
Declarations
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: The study’s ethical approval was obtained from the ethical review board of the Nepal Health Research Council (Reference: 206) and the Institutional Review Committee of the Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University (Reference: 471(6 − 11)2 2078/2079). Each participant provided written informed consent before participating in the study. This study was part of our randomised control trial, which was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04267367, on February 12, 2020.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
