Puplampu, Peter
Ganu, Vincent
Kenu, Ernest
Kudzi, William
Adjei, Patrick
Grize, Leticia
Käser, Michael http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8673-7238
Funding for this research was provided by:
Holger Pöhlmann Stiftung (n/a)
Article History
Received: 9 August 2018
Revised: 1 February 2019
Accepted: 21 March 2019
First Online: 26 April 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest<b>.</b>
: This study was carefully considered for ethical issues before submission to the Ethical and Protocol Review Committee of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, which has approved the study under the Protocol Identification Number MS-Et/M.9 – P 5.7/2012–13. Procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines. Informed consent was obtained from each subject. The work has been carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.Data for this study were stored according to KBTH’s policy, and results were blinded for use of the study in order to assure privacy rights of patients. The data obtained from this study are available and can be shared for justified purposes upon specific request and in accordance with the data management regulations of the College of Health Sciences in Ghana.