Kanmodi, Kehinde Kazeem
Jayasinghe, Ruwan Duminda
Adisa, Akinyele Olumuyiwa
Salami, Afeez Abolarinwa
Jayasinghe, Yovanthi Anurangi
Nkhata, Misheck
Nnyanzi, Lawrence Achilles
Funding for this research was provided by:
Teesside University
Article History
Received: 31 December 2024
Accepted: 19 September 2025
First Online: 27 October 2025
Declarations
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: Ruwan Duminda Jayasinghe is an editorial board member of Scientific Reports and a co-author of this article. To minimize bias, they were excluded from all editorial decision-making related to the acceptance of this article for publication. Other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest involved with their work in this study.
: This study was done in strict compliance with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration on health research involving human subjects. Ethical clearance to conduct this study was obtained from the School of Health and Life Science Research Sub-Committee of Teesside University (Ref: 2024 Mar 20233 Kanmodi). Participation in this study was completely voluntary and confidential.
: Written informed consent was obtained from the participants to publish this report in accordance with the journal’s patient consent policy.