Mekonnen, Gebrehiwot Berie
Wondie, Wubet Tazeb
Legesse, Bruck Tesfaye
Abera, Netsanet Melkamu
Abuhay, Abere Gebru
Yirga, Gebrie Kassaw
Demissie, Biruk
Engidaw, Melaku Tadege
Article History
Received: 28 November 2024
Accepted: 14 April 2025
First Online: 28 April 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical clearance was approved by Ethical Review Committee of College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University with reference number: DTU/SN/186/2022. Since this is a retrospective study, the informed consent was also waived by Ethical Review Committee of Debre Tabor University. Permission was obtained from hospital administrator prior to the data collection. To ensure confidentiality, all personal identifiers were excluded from the dataset. Each record was assigned a unique code to anonymize the data. The data were used strictly for research purposes and were securely stored, accessible only to the research team. Incomplete records were managed by excluding them from the analysis. This approach ensured the integrity and reliability of the study findings while adhering to ethical standards. All procedures were carried out by considering the Declaration of Helsinki.