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Article History

Received: 29 April 2024

Accepted: 24 September 2024

First Online: 30 September 2024

Declarations

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: This study was carried out in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration. Approval was sought from the pharmacy department. Research approval was obtained from the Mbarara University faculty research ethics committee before commencing the study. Ethical approval was obtained from the MUST Research and Ethics Committee Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval number (MUST-2023-876). The request and approval of the study facility were obtained from relevant authorities at Mbarara Regional Referential Hospital. Full consent was obtained from the participants prior to the study on a voluntary basis and with the right to withdraw any time during the study. For data confidentiality, unique patient identifiers, rather than patient names were used, and the data were accessible only to the principal researcher and research assistants. With softcopies being password protected and hard copies kept under lock and in key in a secured cupboard.

: All the authors agreed to the submission of this manuscript for publication in addition to the consent to publish, which was included in the informed consent form and obtained ethical and participant approval.

: The authors declare no competing interests.