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Darilo, Eshetu
Tekle, Alemayehu Beharu
Mengistu, Getahun
Zenebe, Yared
Melka, Dereje
Melaku, Zenebe
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Article History
Received: 7 February 2025
Accepted: 16 September 2026
First Online: 24 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical approval for the study was granted by the Institutional Review Boards (IRB) of Collage of health science, Addis Ababa University (CHS-AAU). The research was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Strict measures were taken to maintain privacy and confidentiality, ensuring that no personal identifiers, including names, were recorded in the data. Owing to the retrospective design, the requirement for informed consent was waived.
Consent for publication: Since we used secondary data informed consent was not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
