CHECKLIST

A plagiarism check revealed that some sentences are similar to those from published literature. They are highlighted in the attached file. Please rewrite them. Do not forget to remove the highlighting before uploading the new draft.

Please delete the authors' names (and institutional affiliations and other identifiable information, if any) from the Article File.

The maximum word count allowed for the abstract is 300.

For Brief Research Communication, the maximum word count allowed for the abstract is 150.

The abstract needs to be structured with the following headings: Background, Aim, Methods, Results and Conclusion

The introduction section is too long. Cut it down to less than 400 words.

The methodology section contains the names of the institution and the city where the study was conducted. This may affect the "double anonymized" nature of the peer review process. Kindly delete that information. Those details can be added later if the manuscript is accepted for publication.

Remove the name of the institution from the ethical approval part. This may affect the "double anonymized" nature of the peer review process.

Please remove the IEC approval number from the Article File as it contains the abbreviation of your institution's name.

The months and years in which the data collection started and ended are not mentioned in the Methods section.

The maximum number of tables and figures combined should not exceed five.

The acknowledgment section contains information that may affect the "double anonymized" nature of the peer review process. Kindly move the acknowledgment section to the First Page file.

Ensure that you have followed the reporting guideline appropriate for the type of your study. Please fill and upload the corresponding checklist as a supplementary file. You can use https://www.penelope.ai/equatorwizard/ to find out the appropriate guideline for your study.

Please fill https://www.equator-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/STROBE_checklist_cross-sectional.docx and submit it as a supplementary file. Add to your manuscript any relevant information that is mentioned in STROBE but is not included in your current draft.

Did you use AI tools to collect or analyze data, produce images or graphs, or write this article? If so, disclose the details, such as which tool was used and how, in the appropriate section, such as the Materials and Methods or the acknowledgements. Also, at the end of the article, before the references, under the heading “Declaration regarding the use of generative AI,” state that you assume full responsibility for the entire content of the manuscript, including the parts generated by the AI tool. If no AI was used, then please state the following at the end of the manuscript, before the references: "The author(s) attest that there was no use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the generation of text, figures, or other informational content of this manuscript."

Include an author contribution section in the First Page file.

The introduction section is silent on how your study advances the field. In that section, list some of the major previous Indian studies on the topic and highlight how your study is superior to them.

The First Page file has to be as per the instructions provided at https://journals.lww.com/indianjpsychiatry/Pages/instructionsforauthors.aspx

Please have a close look at any Original Research Paper published in the journal, note what kind of subheadings are usually used, and remove all unimportant subheadings from your article.

The manuscript exceeds the recommended word count limit (3,500 - excluding abstract and references) for Original Research Papers.

In the introduction section, explain how your study adds to the field - what is its relevance, and how it is different from or superior to previous research on the topic.

Cite the study available at ..... in an appropriate way, as it is an important study.

Make the descriptions of the rating scales shorter.

ABC and XYZ are self-rated scales. Provide details of translation and validation done if any.

Do not include the tables in both the Article File and an additional file - we need them in any one place only.

Remove the figure from the Article File as it has been uploaded separately.

Mention in the Article File itself (i.e., in the Methods section) that the study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee. (Do not reveal the name of the institution or the IEC approval number).

Change the initials of authors included in the methodology etc. to first author, second author, etc. Otherwise, the double-anonymized nature of the peer review may be affected. You can change them back to the initials once and if the article is accepted.

In the methods section, provide some details of how the interview guide was prepared for the semistructured interview.

The article is too short for the Original Article category and can be considered only as a Brief Research Communication. If you and the coauthors are willing, reduce the word count further to less than 1500 and the number of references to less than 20, and change the article category to Brief Research Communication. Subsequently, I shall initiate its peer review process. If this suggestion is not acceptable to you, please let me know so that I can mark this manuscript as withdrawn.

The p-value can never be zero. Change all mention of "p=0.000" to p <0.001

Move the funding section to the First Page file.

Delete author contribution section from the Article File

Include the author contribution section in the First Page file.

ICMJE requires journals to include data sharing statements in articles that report results of clinical trials. In the first page file, add a data sharing statement. It must include: (1) Whether deidentified participant data (including data dictionaries) will be shared (2) The data that will be shared (3) Whether additional documents will be made available (4) The start and end dates of data availability (5) Access criteria (6) How the data will be made available. If you will not be sharing your data, you may write: “Data Sharing Statement: Deidentified individual participant data will not be made available.” If you will be sharing your data, refer to the table in the data sharing section of the ICMJE clinical trials page for examples of how to incorporate the required information into your statement, and refer to the following example: “Data Sharing Statement: Deidentified individual participant data (including data dictionaries) will be made available, in addition to study protocols, the statistical analysis plan, and the informed consent form. The data will be made available upon publication to researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal for use in achieving the goals of the approved proposal. Proposals should be submitted to ____________[INSERT EMAIL ADDRESS OR OTHER CONTACT INFORMATION].

The write-up exceeds the recommended word count limit for Letter to Editor (500 - excluding references). Kindly shorten the manuscript appropriately.

The write-up exceeds the recommended word count limit for a Letter to the Editor that reports uncontrolled and preliminary observations (700 - excluding references). Kindly shorten the manuscript appropriately.

The journal allows a maximum of 5 references in Letters, and I notice your letter has exceeded that number. Please modify the manuscript appropriately.

As per our instructions to authors, in Letters to the editor, only one table/figure is allowed. Remove the table, integrate the positive findings in the text itself.

An abstract is not required in a Letter to Editor. Please remove it.

If consent/assent was obtained from the patient for the publication of this report, mention that in the Article File. If such was not obtained, the article could not be considered for publication.

Mention about consent in the Article File itself.

Please fill the CARE checklist and upload it as a supplementary file. We have provided its editable Word version at https://bit.ly/ijpmcare. If you do not know how to incorporate the line numbers in a Word file, see https://bit.ly/lineno

We publish single case reports as Letters to the Editor only. The word limit is 500 words, and up to 5 references are allowed. An abstract is not required. Kindly reformat the manuscript appropriately and change the manuscript category. If this suggestion is not acceptable to you, please let me know so that I can mark the submission as withdrawn.

The write-up exceeds the word count limit for case series - 1,500 words excluding the references.

Case series should have a structured abstract of not more than 100 words.

As many comprehensive reviews have been already published on the topic, please specify in the manuscript what is the knowledge gap this particular review aimed to fill.

Please fill out the PRISMA checklist (https://prisma-statement.org/documents/PRISMA_2020_checklist.docx) and submit it as a supplementary file. If any information required by the checklist is missing in the current draft, consider adding them.

I notice that the most recent study you have quoted is from . However, a quick PubMed search reveals that there are many recent studies on the topic. Hence this manuscript cannot be considered in its present form. If you are interested, consider updating the article with recent information and submitting a new draft. Subsequently it will be sent for peer review and a decision regarding publication will be taken based on the comments of the reviewers.

Please remove the numbering given along with headings and subheadings. Instead, use different formatting for headings and different levels of subheadings.

Please delete the IEC approval form from the Article File.

Currently, IJP has no option to include two joint first authors. Choose any one first author.

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