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Article History

Received: 7 June 2024

Accepted: 21 October 2024

First Online: 14 November 2024

Declarations

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: Ethical review and approval were obtained from the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of the School of Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences at Makerere University under REC number MAKSHSREC-2022–330. Administrative clearance and permission to collect data were obtained from the management of Kawempe National Referral hospital. All participants gave written informed consent to participate voluntarily in the study prior to data collection and were informed that there would be no consequences if they withdraw from the study at any given point of the study if they wished not to continue. Participants who could not read or write were asked to provide informed verbal consent after the script was read to them by the research assistant in order to assist in the comprehension of the research and informed verbal consent process, and these participants signed the written consent form by putting a thumb print. Information collected from the respondents was held with confidentiality through the use of anonymous questionnaires which were filed and kept under lock and key throughout the whole data collection and analysis process.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.