Bawah, Ahmed Tijani https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0727-9986
Acheampong, Hannah
Bonsu, Pamela Osei
Osman, Hajara
Gafaru, Yakubu Abdul
Quarshie, Yvonne Dzifa
Hussein, Hawawu
Bawa, Khadija Kande
Article History
Received: 27 March 2025
Accepted: 1 January 2026
First Online: 18 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the institutional Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Allied Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tamale Technical University, Tamale, Ghana. Protocol number: FAHP-REC A.08 [24] 23–24. All participants provided written informed consent, and the procedure adopted conformed to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in Fortaleza, Brazil, October 2013). Moreover, confidentiality was assured for all the information provided, and personal identifiers were not included in the questionnaire.
: Informed consent was obtained from the respondents.
: The authors declare no competing interests.