Levingston, Shilpa
Shivaprasad,
Shetty, Devika
Ayoob, Aneesa
M, Shruthi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 7 June 2025
Accepted: 29 July 2025
First Online: 12 August 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in the studies were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee of the J Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre (DCGI Reg no: ECR/348/Inst/KA/2013/RR-16). The protocol of the present study was approved by the institutional research committee with the number AJEC/REV/220/2018.
: For this type of study, formal consent is not needed.
: The authors declare no competing interests.