Nwadimkpa, Harriet Chinwe
Ndububa, Dennis Amajuoyi
Adekanle, Olusegun
Udigwe, Chioma Francisca
Chukwurah, Shirley Nneka
Izunwa, Osita Edmund
Okonkwo, Uchenna Catherine
Ofor, Ifeanyichukwu Jude
Eleje, George Uchenna
Article History
Received: 11 December 2024
Accepted: 16 April 2025
First Online: 12 May 2025
Declarations
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: An ethical approval was obtained from Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria Research Ethics Committee with approval number NAUTH/CS/66/VOL.12/011/2019/004. In addition, permission was obtained from the authority of the teaching hospital. An informed consent was obtained from each study participants before the involvement in the study. The collected data were kept confidential and accessed only by the research team member. All procedures involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.