Mwalim, Mwalim Kombo
Leong, Elvynna
Ong, Sok King
Mohamad, Zulkhairi
Article History
Received: 24 February 2024
Accepted: 29 July 2024
First Online: 12 August 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted by the Medical and Health Research Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam [Ref: MHREC/MOH/2022/1(1)]. This approval ensures that the research was conducted in accordance with ethical standards, including protection of participants rights, privacy, and confidentiality. Furthermore, ethical consideration was given throughout the study and the researchers ensured that the data collected was used only for the purpose of this study. Informed consent to participate was not required for this study as the data used were de-identified and no direct contact with participants was made. This waiver of consent was approved by the Medical and Health Research Ethics Committee in accordance with national regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.