2.4 Participants:
The final pre-tested questionnaire was utilized to create a Google survey form and published as a cross-sectional survey on 1st of December 2022. The link of the Google survey form was designed in such a way that only 1 response can be generated using one device. The inclusion criteria were Pakistani citizens of both sexes, aged ≥ 18, and residing within the country. The recruitment was accomplished online (Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Twitter) and offline methods (data collectors took responses conveniently). In order to avoid selection biases, the data collectors were hired from different regions of Pakistan to have a representative sample (four provinces: Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), and Balochistan; the Islamabad Capital Territory; and the administrative territories of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan). Moreover, the data collectors included participants from different age groups. Participants dеclarеd their consent to voluntarily participate in this study prior to filling out the survey.