Okello, Keneth
Okello, Morrish Obol
Chemutai, Fred Sual
Nakasi, Ezereth
Ouma, Ruth Catherine
Bongomin, Felix
Kayina, Vincent
Article History
Received: 30 September 2025
Accepted: 19 December 2025
First Online: 23 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Gulu University Research Ethics Committee (GUREC-2024-796). A waiver of informed consent was granted due to the retrospective nature of the study and minimal risk to participants, as it involved the analysis of de-identified medical records. All methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) guidelines (Sect. 5.8, 2014) for research involving human participants 29 .