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Uguru, Legbel Ikenna
Akyala, Adamu Ishaku https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4168-6104
Ngwai, Yakubu Boyi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8207-9167
Uguru, Daniel Ikenna
Aremu, Stephen Olaide https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7473-7254
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Article History
Received: 15 July 2025
Accepted: 19 September 2025
First Online: 21 October 2025
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki (2013 version) as adopted by the World Medical Association. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Health Research Ethics Committee of the Federal Medical Center, Keffi (FMC, Keffi), a fully registered committee under the National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC), FMH-Ref No: C.5187/76IT. Approval was granted after a defense of the research proposal during the Committee’s ethical screening interview held on 14th November 2024. As this was a retrospective chart review, the requirement for obtaining informed consent from participants was waived by the Health Research Ethics Committee of FMC, Keffi, in accordance with national research ethics regulations.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
