Sifuna Mayende, Thomas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8923-2075
Musenze, Abaasi Ibrahim
Mpaata, Kaziba Abdul
Nkurunziza, Gideon
Article History
Received: 7 August 2025
Accepted: 16 November 2025
First Online: 22 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Research and Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Health of Busitema University (Ref. No.: BUFHS-2023–101). In line with the Helsinki Declaration (World Medical Association ), participants were informed of the study’s purpose and provided written informed consent. Individuals who did not consent or did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded.