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Aniley, Tafere Tilahun https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1637-4846
Debusho, Legesse Kassa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-3116
Diriba, Tadele Akeba https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4379-1546
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of South Africa
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Article History
Received: 4 March 2024
Revised: 19 May 2025
Accepted: 15 July 2025
First Online: 25 July 2025
Declarations
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: Permission for the study was obtained from the School of Science Ethics Committee, University of South Africa (ERC Reference Number: 2021/CSET/SOS/044). In addition, ethical approval to conduct the original study was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee of College of Natural Sciences at Jimma University and the medical director of Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma Ethiopia. As the study was retrospective, informed consent was not obtained from the study participants, but the data were anonymous and kept confidential. Informed consent was waived by the Research Ethics Committee of College of Natural Sciences at Jimma University and the medical director of the hospital.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: The codes used in this study can be made available upon reasonable request.
