Ethics Committee Approval No.

Ethics statement and Consent to Participant: The study was approved by the Schlarly Research Ethics Committee (SREC) of the Track2Traning, New Delhi-110092, India (Approval No. T2T/ECR/2026/102. The research was conducted in accordance with the ethical requirements and procedures of the Students’ Research Ethics Committee and the relevant ethical guidelines of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for research involving human participants.

Participation in this study was purely on a voluntary basis. Informed consent, which included the purpose of the study, their right to withdraw from the study at any time and confidentiality and privacy of their information, was obtained directly from all participants aged 18-25 years. For participants below 18 years of age, informed consent was obtained from their parents or legal guardians prior to participation.