Merabtine, Tassadit
Sognigbe, Maxime Adjignon
Marcellaud, Elodie
Toniolo, Jean
Tarhini, Zeinab
Ganfon, Habib
Kpossou, Aboudou Raïmi
Christou, Niki
Gnonlonfoun, Dieu donné
Jost, Jeremy
Article History
Received: 24 October 2025
Accepted: 30 May 2026
First Online: 9 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval: The study received approval from the Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee (CER-SS) of the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin (DECISION N° 010–2025/CER-SS). Data collection authorization was granted by Hubert KM National Hospital and University Center (CNHU-HKM), Cotonou, Benin.
Informed consent: Written informed consent was obtained from all patients included in the study.
Competing interest: The authors declare no competing interests.
Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process: During the preparation of this work, the authors used ChatGPT-4 (OpenAI, San Francisco, CA, USA) in order to assist with translation (French → English). After using this tool, the authors reviewed and edited the content as needed and take full responsibility for the content of the published article.