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Article History

Received: 10 January 2024

Accepted: 11 July 2025

First Online: 28 August 2025

Change Date: 17 September 2025

Change Type: Update

Change Details: In the original publication, an additional affiliation has been added to Kenfe Tesfay Berhe. The article has been updated to rectify the error.

Declarations

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: All procedures performed in the study were with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and the Helsinki Declaration of 1964. Before the study began ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Health Research Ethics Review Committee (IHRERC) of the College of Health and Medical Sciences of Mekelle University with reference number of IHRERC /1643/2020. The college sent a letter of cooperation to public hospitals and a written and signed informed consent was obtained from the head of the institutions before starting the data collection. From all of the participants and their parents/legal guardians informed, voluntary, written, and signed consent was obtained that declare their agreement to participate in the study. For the minor participants informed, voluntary, written, and signed consent was obtained from their parents/guardian. The information from individual participants was kept confidential, their identity will not be shown and there will be no dissemination of the information without the respondent’s permission. A private room for an interview was prepared; those participants who reported Extrapyramidal Side Effects were immediately linked to the psychiatric outpatient department for further evaluation and management. Interviewers were trained to link participants found to be in physically risky conditions and/or in immediate need of counseling to psychologists and psychiatrists. During the data collection COVID-19 prevention protocol was taken action like wearing face masks, maintaining physical distance, and using hand sanitizers, which was being practiced by health professionals in the health care setting as a safety measure.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.