Dinesh, Raja Jeyapal http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3359-3039
Dhanalakshmi, Rajendran http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3332-8400
Jency, Priskilla Johnson http://orcid.org/0009-0004-8889-579X
Srividya, Adinarayanan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6105-4297
Vijayakumar, Balakrishnan http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1369-0824
Kumar, Ashwani http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2485-7581
Article History
Received: 26 June 2023
Accepted: 29 October 2023
First Online: 10 November 2023
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Human Ethics Committee of ICMR-VCRC, Puducherry (IHEC/0422/N/F dated February 25, 2022), a registered ethics committee. The research team described the study clearly in local language, and written informed consent was obtained from all willing adult participants aged 18 years and older. Children aged < 18 years were not involved in the study. The study was explained clearly to illiterate participants in the local language, and written informed consent was obtained from a literate witness available at the time of survey. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.